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Will Your ID Soon Be a Microchip Under Your Skin?
Drew Halley Singularity Hub July 3, 2009

Yet another sci-fi milestone is upon us: microchips implanted under your skin and used to identify you.The VeriChip is the first radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip that’s been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in humans. The chip is the size of a long grain of rice, and can be implanted pretty much anywhere in the body (most commonly along the tricep). Depending on how it’s used, the chip could do anything from telling doctors your medical background to buying you a round at the club.A nightclub in Barcelona called Baja Beach has started offering chip implants to its customers. Outside of human bodies, RFID is already used for a wide range of purposes. If you pay highway tolls electronically, that little box in your car has an RFID tag in it. Lots of folks implant their pets with RFID chips in case they get lost, as animal shelters increasingly scan pets for them. Wal-Mart tracks their shipments with RFID, which has apparently revolutionized supply chain management. Hell, there’s even one in your passport.But why put one inside your body? As interesting as it might be to have your ID show up on an x-ray, most people would rather suffer a line at the DMV than a rice-injection. Sure, it might make for good conversation at a party. But is that worth the needle? What would it take to get one under your skin?

Emergency Situations

VeriChip Corp. markets their product to address what they call a serious need for personal identification and information in emergency situations. Over the past two years, the company has piloted their product with 200 Alzheimer’s patients in a Florida facility. Because of their condition, many patients are unable to effectively communicate if they are admitted to the hospital without caregivers present. The VeriChip contains a 16-digit ID number which links the recipient to a secure computer database where their medical information is stored. The chips are used to replace MedicAlert wristbands, which can be removed or damaged.Most other proposed applications for in-body RFID are medical in nature: providing doctors immediately with a patient’s medical records, or identification if they are unconscious or unable to communicate. Still, these applications require that each hospital contain a computer database to connect an individual’s tag with their information. That’s probably a long way off.Luckily, the hospital isn’t the only testing ground for RFID chips under the skin. A nightclub in Barcelona called Baja Beach has started offering chip implants to its customers, giving them access to VIP lounges and letting clubbers buy drinks by acting as a debit account. Who wants to carry a wallet or purse when the dress-code is board shorts and bikinis? Baja Beach contracted none other than VeriChip Corp. to fashion their subcutaneous membership cards. I guess last call counts as an emergency situation.In the past, VeriChip Corp claimed their chips could not be counterfeited: if your ID is under the skin, it can’t be so easily stolen. Wrong. At a hacker conference in 2006, Annalee Newitz and Jonathan Westhues showed that they had successfully cloned an RFID chip implanted in Newitz. A home-built antenna let the hackers steal the unique ID contained on the chip, which apparently lacks any sort of security device.If RFID chips aren’t exactly secure, most people won’t want their social security number contained on one. After all, if a doctor’s office can pull your medical records from the chip (and a hacker can, too) what’s stopping your insurance agency? Or identity theives? That limits the chips to using random numbers, corresponding to useful information on a separate and secure database. And until those databases are standardized and prevalent, having a chip in your body won’t speed up your doctor’s visit very much.

Counter-ID

As you might already imagine, in-body RFID chips have spawned a considerable backlash of protest. The group AntiChips calls the VeriChip human branding,especially in the case of the volunteers for the program with Alzheimer’s disease. They also claim the chips cause cancer (citing a number of animal studies), and that the FDA approval should be revoked (more info here).There are also a number of additional risks which the FDA already recognizes: tissue reactions, migration of the chip, even the chance that the chip could carry a current from MRI magnets and burn the patient.And that’s just the beginning. The chips have been called the precursor to a perfect authoritarian state, letting Uncle Sam (or Illuminati, or whoever) track your each and every move. On the other end of the spectrum, some religious groups (well, okay, this one) have implicated the VeriChip in a plot involving the mark of the beast (666), part of a conspiracy theory to rival the most imaginative of left-wingers. Wait, this one too.But if I can interject my own opinion, I’d say the whole business is a bit overhyped. Honestly, there aren’t really any good applications for in-body RFID. Sure, it could hypothetically improve health-care (if and when the patient is unconscious), but for that system to be effective, every hospital would need to have integrated the chips into their standard procedures. It won’t replace a photo ID in your wallet anytime soon. And unless you’re grinding some PYT in Barcelona, you’ll probably pay for that Pabst with good old fashioned cash. Take (a) the lack of practical applications, plus (b) legitimate concerns over ID hacking and health risks, and poof! There goes the revolution.

Bill banning forced identity-chip implants clears House
By Lauren Boyer Inquirer Staff Writer JULY 4,09

HARRISBURG - Invasion of privacy is an issue that really gets under State Rep. Babette Josephs' skin.That's why the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously last week by the House, that would ban the forced implantation of computer chips in humans.Conjuring Orwellian images, Josephs worries the identification devices the size of a grain of rice could lead to a real-life Big Brother nightmare.I'm doing, I think, what the legislature does too little of, she said.This is a problem on the horizon, and I want to address it before it becomes a societal disgrace.Though the technology hasn't debuted in Pennsylvania, VeriChip, a company in Florida, received federal Food and Drug Administration clearance in 2004 to market the implanted microchips, which were tested on 200 Alzheimer's patients.

Injected into the triceps, the chips have unique 16-digit codes and GPS capabilities that allow nursing homes to find wandering patients.I think it's really horrible that we want to chip them like barcoded packages of meat,said Kim Sultzbaugh, a research specialist who helped Josephs write the bill.California, North Dakota, and Wisconsin have enacted laws similar to the ban Josephs is proposing.The technology can also be used for security, as in a widely reported case in Mexico. There, the implants were required for some government employees to enter restricted buildings.A bar in Scotland even offers to implant patrons with chips that allow them to purchase pints without a credit card, according to news accounts.Despite the technology's potential usefulness, Sultzbaugh said, some Christian groups liken the identification devices to the mark of the beast, a Satanic mark described in the Book of Revelation and represented by the number 666.Josephs said electronic ankle bracelets could keep track of someone in a less-invasive manner.But for some murderers, killers, and rapists,ankle bracelets won't do the trick, said State Rep. Dan Moul (R., Adams).Moul amended Josephs' bill to allow chips to be implanted by court order. The bill also would allow the chips to be implanted in Guantanamo Bay detainees who end up in Pennsylvania.Terrorists could take that ankle bracelet off with a saw and strap it to a dog and let them run around,Moul said.We need to know if these people are returning to the war to fight against America.Josephs called Moul's changes inflammatory and sensational and hopes the Senate throws them out when it considers the measure.Erik Arneson, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R., Delaware), said the bill was not scheduled for immediate action.Contact staff writer Lauren Boyer at 717-236-1819.

STOP REAL ID
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Video: Emergency Alert – Stop the NEW Real ID – S.1261 – The PASS Act
Dprogram July 3, 2009

This ALERT is regarding the MORPHING of REAL ID in to the PASS ACT. The REAL ID as you may or may not know was the failed law that snuck through congress in May of 2005 that would require all Americans to Carry a standardized FEDERAL ID card with an embedded trackable chip. NOW I need you to contact your senate committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs IMMEDIATELY to STOP THE PASS ACT – S.1261.Special interests groups are trying to force Democrats, Independents and Republicans to support this legislation. States have been and are working to ensure drivers licenses are secure documents and have document integrity. The federal government, in spite of the states, wants to set international standards that are not needed. The federal government wants control of your state drivers license. The federal government is bribing states to go along with its plans.We spoke with Mark Lerner about the emerging PASS Act a few weeks ago.Our freedom and our rights are not for sale! Some governors want to take the bribe money.The senate committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will be considering the legislation very soon.The PASS Act does not repeal the Real ID Act. It does repeal provisions of the Real ID Act; those provisions that are included in Title II of the Real ID Act 2005. The Real ID Act is still intact and is federal law.The PASS Act contains many of the most egregious aspects of the Real ID Act; including the requirement for a digital facial image/photograph that will be mandated to be internationally facial recognition compatible.There is not a federal law that prohibits the simultaneous use of CCTV/surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology in real time.The PASS Act will do nothing to provide a higher level of National security. Under the provisions of the PASS Act the documents used to obtain a drivers license are not authenticated. These documents are called breeder documents.Although requirements for new databases and the linking of databases are not part of the PASS Act the fact remains through aamva.net and NLETS states can still have information contained in their state Department of Motor Vehicles made available to both federal and international law enforcement agencies without a court order.

Two international agencies (AAMVA and the ICAO, an agency of the United Nations) were involved in U.S. policy and law – the Real ID Act 2005 and the newly proposed PASS Act. DHS has called AAMVA the hub and backbone of the Real ID Act. On AAMVAs own web-site it proclaims it is an international organization that serves law enforcement and motor vehicle administrators.Both the Real ID Act and the PASS Act result in Americans being enrolled into a single global biometric identification system that links a persons body to their ability to buy and sell.WE ARE ASKING EVERY AMERICAN TO CALL EACH OF THE SENATORS in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee AND SAY:

We are opposed to the Real ID Act and the PASS Act
We are opposed to being enrolled into a biometric identification system
We do not want our social security numbers in state DMV databases
We do not want RFID chips in our drivers licenses
We are opposed to the federal government intervening in the issuance of state drivers licenses

TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW AND CONTACT call these numbers:
Senator Lieberman (20… Chairman
Senator Collins (202) 224-2523
Senator Akaka (202) 224-6361
Senator Bennet (202) 224-5852
Senator Burris (202) 224-2854
Senator Carper (202) 224-2441
Senator Coburn (202) 224-5754
Senator Ensign (202) 224-6244
Senator Graham (202) 224-5972
Senator Landrieu (202) 224-5824
Senator Levin (202) 224-6221
Senator McCain (202) 224-2235
Senator McCaskill (202) 224-6154
Senator Pryor (202) 224-2353
Senator Tester (202) 224-2644
Senator Voinovich (202) 224-3353

The First, Fourth and Tenth Amendments are under attack. The Second Amendment will follow. This is not a partisan issue. All Americans must take action now. 16 calls per American, 16 minutes (one minute per call) for a Lifetime of Freedom.This Alert has been provided by the STOP REAL ID COALITON and Restore the Republic.Please forward this ALERT to all you know, embed it on your favorite blogs and forums, and take action now to preserve freedom in America! I am Gary Franchi, and remember I am not here to make you a follower I am here to make you a leader among the people. Goodnight, and God bless America.

SENATORS OF CONGRESS
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RON PAUL ON AUDIT THE FED
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AUDIT THE FED HAS 245 SIGNED UP AS OF SUNDAY.

Ron Paul’s Bill To Audit The Federal Reserve Now Has 245 Co-Sponsors
By tmartin • July 05, 2009

Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve (HR 1207) now has 245 co-sponsors, and the numbers keep growing! This is history in the making, and victory is within reach. Imagine what will happen if HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act, comes up for vote in Congress! With more than 50% of the House of Representatives already co-sponsoring this bill, it has real potential to pass — BUT only if we educate and rally the people to support it and get our Congresspeople to put it to vote and pass it.

Step 1: Your Representative
If your representative is not on the following list of HR 1207 co-sponsors, call their offices, write to them, email them, etc. Let them know they need to support HR 1207. If you live in their district, let them know. Go to their office.

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Step 2: Financial Services Committee
HR 1207 is now in the House Committee on Financial Services. This is THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP in this legislation! If it doesn’t get out of committee it will not come to a vote! There are 71 members on this committee and they are all listed below.

We need to let all members of the House Committee on Financial Services know that we want them to allow full House consideration of HR 1207 so it can move forward; we need them to support this. Now is the time.Call their offices, write to them, email them, etc. Let them know they need to support HR 1207. If you live in their district, let them know. Go to their office.

Help with this all important public outreach. NOW REALLY IS THE TIME!
Here’s a sample letter you can use:

Dear Representative,

Please co-sponsor and/or support H.R.1207, an effort to audit the Federal Reserve.

Recently, it has come to light that there is little to no accountability to the people on the part of the Federal Reserve. While the citizens of this country are required by law to give an accounting of every penny they come in contact with, the Federal Reserve has never been held to the same standard. During this time of extreme economic crisis, the people deserve an accounting of where our money is going.

Currently there are 245 co-sponsors for this legislation, and it is enjoying bi-partisan support. Your efforts in supporting this important legislation would go a long way in proving to your constituents that you not only hold the Federal Reserve to the same standard as you do your constituents, but it would also show that you believe in transparency. Anything less than support for this resolution suggests that you are in favor of secrecy and a lack of accountability to the people who pay the bills. We pay the tab; we have a right to know where our money is going.Unlike recent bills that you voted in favor of that had hundreds of pages and just a few hours to read, this bill can be read in under 5 minutes. I encourage you to take the time to read it, and then move to support it.Thank you in advance for your attention on this important legislation. I have every expectation that you will do right by your constituents and support this measure.

Sincerely,

Step 3: The People
Tell everyone you know about HR 1207 and ask them to support it and to contact their representative as well. Link to this page and to CampaignForLiberty.com.This initiative is crucial and we need to redouble our efforts to get HR 1207 passed.

I AGREE THE SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUP MUST REPENT AND ACCEPT KING JESUS AS THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD AND THE KING OF THE WHOLE EARTH.

Church of England bishop says gays should repent Sun Jul 5, 1:46 pm ET

LONDON – A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.Archbishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper that the Bible defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. He said the church welcomed gay people,but we want them to repent and be changed.Nazir-Ali is a leading member of the conservative wing of the global Anglican Communion, which is riven by divisions over homosexuality and the ordination of women.

Gay groups condemned the bishop's remarks. Campaigner Peter Tatchell said Nazir-Ali's view goes against Christ's gospel of love and compassion.And Derek Munn of gay-rights group Stonewall accused the bishop of promoting inequality and intolerance.The 77 million-member Anglican Communion has been splintering since 2003, when the Episcopal Church the Anglican body in the U.S. consecrated the first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has tried to hold the fragile communion together by getting churches to observe a voluntary moratorium on consecrating another openly gay bishop and developing prayers for same-sex unions. But many fear a split is inevitable.Nazir-Ali's remarks appeared a day before the launch in Britain of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, a coalition of conservative parishes from around the world, which Nazir-Ali supports.He was quoted as saying that people who depart from traditional Biblical teaching don't share the same faith.We want to hold on to the traditional teaching of the church,he told the newspaper.We don't want to be rolled over by culture and trends in the church.

Oldest Christian bible made whole again online By Stefano Ambrogi - Sun Jul 5, 2009 8:44PM EDT Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sunday 05th July, 01:38:42 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - The surviving parts of the world's oldest Christian bible will be reunited online on Monday, generating excitement among biblical scholars still striving to unlock its mysteries.The Codex Sinaiticus was hand written by four scribes in Greek on animal hide, known as vellum, in the mid-fourth century around the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great who embraced Christianity.Not all of it has withstood the ravages of time, but the pages that have include the whole of the New Testament and the earliest surviving copy of the Gospels written at different times after Christ's death by four of the Apostles: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.The bible's remaining 800 pages and fragments it was originally some 1400 pages long also contain half of a copy of the Old Testament. The other half has been lost.The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world's greatest written treasures,said Scot McKendrick, head of Western manuscripts at the British Library.This 1600-year-old manuscript offers a window into the development of early Christianity and first-hand evidence of how the text of the bible was transmitted from generation to generation,he said.The texts include numerous revisions, additions and corrections made during its evolution down through the ages.The Codex ...is arguably the oldest large bound book to have survived,said McKendrick, pointing out that each page is 16 inches tall by 14 inches wide.Critically, it marks the definite triumph of bound codices over (papyrus) scrolls a key watershed in how the Christian bible was regarded as a sacred text,he said.

FOUR-YEAR PROJECT

The ancient parchments, which appear almost translucent, are a collection of sections held by the British Library in London, the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, Egypt, the National Library of Russia and Leipzig University Library in Germany.Each institution owns different amounts of the manuscript, but the British Library, which digitized the delicate pages of the entire book in London, holds by far the most.The four-year joint project, which began in 2005 with the aim of virtually reunifying and preserving the bible, as well as undertaking new research into its history, has shed new light on who made it and how it was produced.Importantly, experts at the British Library say, the project has uncovered evidence that a fourth scribe along with the three already recognized worked on the texts.The assembly and transcription of the book includes previously unpublished pages of the Codex found in a blocked-off room at St. Catherine's Monastery, at the foot of Mount Moses, Sinai, in 1975, some of which are in a poor condition and have been difficult to study.But there are still many unanswered questions about how the book came to be, said the British Library's Juan Garces, project manager of Greek manuscripts, who worked on the digitization.For instance, where was it made? which religious order commissioned it? And how long did it take to produce? The limits on access to this manuscript previously have meant that people (academics) have tended to dip, so that they have seized on particular things to advance theories, McKendrick told Reuters in an interview. He said the website will enable research to be carried out in a holistic way for the first time, forcing top scholars to view their theories in context. A good example, he said, was evidence advanced by some academics pointing to the theory that it could have been made in the ancient city of Cesarea in Israel.It is our hope this will provide the catalyst for new research and it is already creating great interest,Garces told Reuters.The bible, which can be viewed online free from Monday, includes modern Greek translations and some sections translated into English. The British Library is expecting massive interest from believers around the world as well as the academic community.When 25 percent of the images were made available online last July we had 3.5 million hits in the first day (a record), and it crashed the site,a spokesman said.(Editing by Philippa Fletcher)

PHARMACIES KILL FOR GREED
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STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Torrential rain in China leaves at least 20 dead: state media AccuWeather Sun Jul 5, 12:37 pm ET

BEIJING (AFP) – At least 20 people have died and more than 670,000 had to be evacuated in China after torrential rain and floods destroyed houses, damaged roads and caused rivers to overflow, state media said Sunday.The fatalities occurred over several days of relentless heavy rain in the centre and south of the country, also leaving another five people missing, according to Xinhua news agency.In Hunan province, eight people died and 140,000 were forced out of their homes, Xinhua said, quoting the provincial flood control office.Water levels of some rivers in the southern Guangxi region were the highest since 1998, when downpours led to the worst flooding in over 100 years and resulted in more than 3,600 deaths nationwide, China Central Television said Saturday.More than 285,000 people had been relocated in Guangxi alone in the last week, with 300 pupils trapped in one boarding school, Xinhua reported.The heavy downpours also inundated crops and cut power across several provinces.South and central China are prone to major flooding during the annual summer rainy season.According to a report issued Wednesday by the state flood headquarters, 95 people have been killed and 21 people went missing in flooding throughout China in the first six months of the year.

Floods trap 300 teens at school in southern China By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jul 5, 10:05 am ET

BEIJING – Floods blocked roads in southern China, leaving some 300 teenagers stranded at a school with limited supplies of food and water, an official said Sunday, after days of heavy rain killed at least 15 people.About 550,000 people have fled their homes in southern China after heavy rains toppled houses, flooded roads and damaged a dam, news reports said.Flood waters blocked the entrances to the Hemu Town Middle School in the Guangxi region and rendered nearby roads impassable, according to an official of Rongshui county where the school is. She would only give her surname, Lu.

CCTV said Sunday that floodwaters along a major commercial thoroughfare elsewhere in Rongshui were more than eight feet (2.5 meters) deep. The report said it was the highest water level the county has seen in a decade.Flood control officials used boats to deliver food, mineral water and other supplies to the school on Saturday, including pumps to lower the water level, Lu said.She said she did not know how long the children, aged from 13 to 15 years, had been stuck in the building.By Friday, 80 percent of the county was inundated, causing the Rongjiang river to overflow its banks and forcing the relocation of more than 70,000 people, Lu said.Heavy rains have battered the region since Wednesday, forcing about 290,000 people in Guangxi to relocate, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The rains began to subside in parts of Guangxi on Sunday, but river levels remained high, the report said.CCTV showed flooded Rongshui streets, where the signboards of restaurants and shops were all that could be seen above the water. Mattresses, household items and other debris drifted in the water, passing residents on wooden rowboats as people peered out from second-floor balconies and windows.The county government estimated the damage at 210 million yuan ($31 million), Xinhua said.The rain also destroyed a 44-foot (13-meter) section of a dike near the base of the Kama Reservoir in Guangxi, Xinhua said.About 15,000 people who lived downstream from the dam were moved to safety and were now living in more than 1,000 tents, the national flood control office said in a statement Saturday.

In Hunan province, floods have killed eight people and forced 140,000 to relocate. Five people have died in southeastern Fujian province, two others were missing, and 22,000 people have been evacuated, Xinhua said Saturday.Another two people died and three were missing in Jiangxi province. Another 100,000 people were forced from their homes.(This version CORRECTS the number of dead after state news agency lowers toll.)

Vietnam northern floods kill 15, dozen missing By Ho Binh Minh – Sun Jul 5, 3:01 am ET

HANOI (Reuters) – Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in mountainous northern regions of Vietnam have killed at least 15 people, destroyed houses and damaged roads, the government and state-run radio said on Sunday.Landslides killed 13 people in Bac Kan province and another 11 were missing as of early Sunday, Voice of Vietnam radio said.Landslides and floods cut off roads, telecommunications and power supply to a district in Bac Kan after heavy rains fell on Friday night, the government said in a disaster report.Floods killed two people in the neighboring provinces of Cao Bang and Ha Giang while three others, including two children, were carried away and remained missing, the report said.About 300 people were forced to leave homes destroyed in landslides, provincial roads were eroded and small fields of rice, corn and cassava in the three provinces were damaged, the report said, adding that more rains were forecast on Sunday.State-run Vietnam Television showed footage of rescuers looking for missing people at a house buried by landslides in Cao Bang while in Ha Giang province a local river swelled and streets were flooded.Heavy rains were falling on Sunday morning in Ha Giang, Voice of Vietnam radio said.Vietnam is often struck by floods and storms between July and October but the government has said 47 people were dead or missing from natural disasters in the first half of this year.The flood-stricken area is far outside Vietnam's main growing region for its key commodities rice and coffee.The northern Vietnam region lies about 1,200 km (750 miles) north of the Central Highlands coffee belt and the Mekong Delta food basket is even further away.The casualties and property damage in the Vietnamese area bordering China emerged after torrential rain battered southern China and displaced more than 150,000 people there, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.(Editing by Jerry Norton)

Sandstorms plague Iraq and are getting worse By Mike Tharp, McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Jul 5, 3:38 pm ET BAGHDAD — Shamal.

Accented on the second syllable, that means the ill wind that blows in summer across Iraq , and other countries in the region, stirring sandstorms in its wake.Vice President Joe Biden found out late last week what 25 million Iraqis have known for a long time-everybody talks about them, but nobody can do anything about them. His chopper flight from a U.S. base to the International Zone was canceled when a shamal turned the skies over Baghdad and beyond the same color as Biden's khaki desert boots.

He wound up donning body armor and a helmet for a caravan to his meetings with Iraqi leaders and others. Several NFL coaches visiting troops in Iraq also found their plane to Kuwait delayed a day.That same storm still hovers over the capital. It coats parked cars in a tan frosting. It seeps under windowsills and doorways. It grits the teeth and stings the eyes. It clogs rifles and etches scrimshaw across sniper scopes.

And it kills people.

Three in Diyala Province this week, where 800 others were hospitalized with breathing and related ailments. Dr. Jeleel al Shammeri, head of the health department in Karkh in west Baghdad , said 13 major hospitals and 84 clinics had received several thousand patients over the last two days, many of them children. Dr. Ali Bustan , head of the health department in Rusafa in eastern Baghdad , said ERs had taken in 800to 900 patients since Saturday night. Thank God, we have not run out of medication, he said.Sandstorms pose diplomatic as well as medical and weather problems. Baghdad negotiators are locked in a battle with Istanbul over how much water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers which start in Turkey its neighbor is willing to release to the southwest for Iraqi farms and factories. A lack of irrigation water has caused thousands of acres of agricultural land to dry up. Just this week, the government signed an agreement with an Iranian delegation to limit such desertification.

Sandstorms and their duststorm cousins are nothing new in these parts, of course. Iraq averages only 4 to just over 6 { inches of rainfall a year. The Sahara Desert, which is the size of the United States , is just a short jet stream hop to the west. Iraq itself is half desert.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the sham al causing the storms combines two separate weather systems. One is a sub-tropical jet stream pushing north from Arabia, the other a polar jet stream shoving south from Europe .When they meet, they form a northwest wind that fills the sky with sand and dust. Two of the ancients' elements, earth and air, become one. Gusts can reach 50 miles an hour. Sometimes, as happened last year and much more often in recent years, the sandstorms balloon into fronts tens of miles wide, maybe a half-mile high, that blot out the sun.

For days. Or, in recent years, longer.

Evidence is mounting that today's sandstorms are worse than in the past. Ibrahim Shareef , head of the desertification department in the Ministry of the Environment , notes that dusty days like Saturday in Iraq used to total only about eight times a year. Now it's one or two days a week.Like other experts, he blames a five-year-long regional drought and urban expansion into areas that once grew crops.Military operations also have had some role,he adds,as their vehicles travel across our deserts and to some extent remove the upper crust of sand.U.S. Air Force meteorologists at Multi-National Corps Iraq say trends from last year till now show a significant increase in the occurrence and duration" of sand and dust storms compared to 2003-07.The sandstorms here are not the high-powered, sand-blaster clouds of fast-moving gravel and grit like in the movies,says Air Force Capt. Noah Rich , a meteorologist.They are more like a fog of extremely fine dust powder that hangs in the air and gets into everything.The director general of counter-desertification in the Ministry of Agriculture , Fadhil al Faraji , says it's trying to establish grazing stations in western deserts, set up large nurseries to transplant greenery in the deserts and build oases. However,it will take decades to complete all these projects,he says.There is no hope to stop these storms but for the drought to end.The 1991 Persian Gulf War's saturation bombing destroyed much of Iraq's electric power generation. Families in Fallujah , for example, were forced to cut down trees in and around their city for fires to bake bread. Since the 2003 U.S. invasion, electric power in Iraq has been intermittent at best, nonexistent at its worst.Today's sandstorms visit hardship on ordinary Iraqis almost like a biblical plague. Vendors now peddle cloth medical masks at traffic circles. Jassim Chiad, 46, bought one. They're worse than in the 80s or 90s,he says of the brown haze that restricts visibility to a few blocks. We don't have electricity, so we can't stay home. We haven't had running water for a week.Rahgad Qassim, 32, a partner in Anaqty (My Elegance), a shop that sells colorful cloth for robes and veils, thinks the sandstorms have hurt business. But she sees the glass as half full even of sand. Thank God for the storms, she says.No car bombs.

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

FAMINE

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Oxfam to G-8: Climate change will spread hunger By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jul 5, 8:01 pm ET

AMSTERDAM – Chronic hunger may be the defining human tragedy of this century,as climate change causes growing seasons to shift, crops to fail, and storms and droughts to ravage fields, an advocacy group said.Oxfam International released a report Monday as leaders of the Group of Eight wealthiest nations prepare to meet in Italy this week, with an agenda to include both food security and climate change.It says that as the weather changes, millions of people in areas suffering food scarcity will have to give up traditional crops, possibly leading to social upheavals such as mass migrations and possible conflict over water resources.Rich countries in temperate climate zones, such as northern Europe and parts of the United States, will benefit from warmer weather and more rainfall, but far more people in hotter, poorer countries will face more erratic and expensive food supplies, said the British-based nonprofit group.The report,What Happened to the Seasons? was meant to add urgency to the G-8 meeting and to a broader group of 17 countries, the Major Economies Forum, which convenes later in the week to try to unblock negotiations on a new climate change agreement due to be completed in December.Oxfam said it prepared a study for the Institute of Development Studies by surveying farmers around the world, who report that changing seasonal patterns were already affecting their ability to plan the sowing and harvesting of crops. The results, it said, were strikingly consistent across entire geographies.Farmers have begun changing their crops in the tropics, where a 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) temperature shift can make traditional crops unsustainable. Unpredictable rainfall makes their choices of new crops a gamble, the report said.Among the worst hit are nations that grow rice, the world's most common food. Yields are predicted to drop an average 10 percent for every 1 degree C rise in temperature in countries like the Philippines, where production could fall 50-70 percent as early as 2020. At the same time, China will grow more rice as the area of warm temperatures spreads, it said.Corn is another staple that will be widely affected by climate change since it is particularly vulnerable to water stress, it said. Corn is the main source of food for 250 million people in east Africa and is used as animal feed around the world.

Negotiators at U.N. climate talks have been tasked with setting up an adaptation fund to help poor countries deal with the affects of climate change. U.N. estimates suggest as much as $200 billion a year may be needed by 2030 for developing water resources in increasingly arid regions, shifting agriculture to more suitable crops, building sea walls to protect coastal cities from rising sea levels and helping fishermen whose stocks would be affected by acidification of the ocean.The Oxfam report said steps can be taken to bolster the world's food supply.The world's agricultural potential is less than 60 percent exploited: there is still enough land to feed everyone, even with population levels at the 9.2 billion currently predicted by the United Nations for 2050,it said. Modern agricultural methods, irrigation and fertilizers could dramatically lift yields.

HR 2749: Food Safety Bill Has Martial Law Provisions
Food Freedom July 5, 2009

HR 2749 is a strange bill in many ways. While the other food safety bills have been around since winter, allowing for much public discussion on the internet, HR 2749 has only suddenly appeared. It is a mutant conglomeration of the worst of the other bills, with the addition of one very original part martial law. When it was a draft, it was Waxman’s bill. But once given a number, it became Dingel’s who already had a food safety bill, HR 759. So Waxman got none and Dingel got two. (Was this because Waxman, being Jewish, was a hideous choice to introduce a bill with Codex in it designed by the Nazi pharmaceutical companies that funded Hitler, provided the gas for the gas chambers, experimented on prisoners with vaccines and is expected to kill millions?) HR 2749 would give FDA the power to order a quarantine of a geographic area, including prohibiting or restricting the movement of food or of any vehicle being used or that has been used to transport or hold such food within the geographic area.[This that has been used to transport or hold such food would mean all cars that have ever brought groceries home or any pickup someone has eaten take-out in, so this means ALL TRANSPORTATION can be shut down under this. This is using food as a cover for martial law.]Under this provision, farmers markets and local food sources could be shut down, even if they are not the source of the contamination. The agency can halt all movement of all food in a geographic area.[This is also a means of total control over the population under the cover of food, and at any time.] See this DailyKos entry.The bill is unusual, too, because slow as it was to appear. The little bugger of bill has made up for it since. It got a number on June 10, went to committee on June 17, passed instantly, and is headed for a vote on the floor of the House.

The first Patriot Act was passed using fear of terrorism. This Patriot Act is more coy, hiding under a cloak of food safety and but also using fear – fear of food contamination. Evidently, Americans are supposed to be so frightened by the slightest possibility of a terrorist or of E-coli, they would trade away all their precious, hard fought freedoms for the promise of safety. Or at least, that is what the trade-off has become. Terrorism and contamination are great bugaboos used to open doors to an end to the US Constitution. That is exactly what we are left with after those who wrote HR 2749 are done.Who did write these bills? It seems Monsanto had not only a hand, but a defining influence. http://farmwars.info/?p=594.This redefining of reality is what seems to be underlying all the loss of freedom. Normal and free are disappearing into the maw of corporate definitions of reality. See this Yup Farming piece.So, we begin with contaminated food from filthy corporate processors and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). And what do we end up with after that reality is ground up by corporate legal hands? Changes in the definition of risk so that natural things are treated as dangerous and toxic things are untouched, such that:

Healthy, normal farms are taken over by government as though they were run by criminals and contaminated corporate slaughterhouses are untouched; The necessary freedom of individuals to live and grow food and be left alone are somehow suddenly destroyed, though they were never the source of any food contamination issue; and such that .The profit and control and power of corporations which were absolutely the source of the increasingly terrible food, is somehow suddenly vastly increased.

Thanks to corporate control over reality, our wanting to clean up corporate processors and feedlots and CAFOS and end up with farmers’ markets and local farms and organic food has become the industrialization and potential destruction of every healthy part of the food system and the triumph of the most contaminated and toxic part. And in the non-bargain, we lost all freedoms and they took all control. And all is not a hyperbole here, for one need only look at another provision of HR 2749 to feel how insane, how distant from all we ever wanted.HR 2749 would empower FDA to regulate how crops are raised and harvested. It puts the federal government right on the farm, dictating to our farmers.[What is missing in pointing out this astounding control, is that it opens the door to CODEX and WTO good farming practices will include the elimination of organic farming by eliminating manure, mandating GMO animal feed, imposing animal drugs, and ordering applications of petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides.Farmers, thus, will be locked not only into the industrialization of once normal and organic farms but into the forced purchase of industry's products.They will be slaves on the land, doing the work they are ordered to do against their own best wisdom and paying out to industry against their will. There will be no way to be frugal, to grow one's own grain to feed the animals, to raise healthy animals without GMO grains or drugs, to work with nature at all. Grassfed cattle and poultry and hogs will be finished.So, it needs to be made clear where control will take us.And weren't these the rumors on the internet that were dismissed but are clearly the case?] See this DailyKos entry.

When we wanted not to get E-coli in processed meat, did we intend to put our farmers into corporate servitude? Did we plan to have our own lives straight-jacketed by a million new controls over our own gardens, our own desire to grow food, our own plans to start small businesses, our own dreams to have a small piece of land and farm ourselves? Who has the audacity to take our needs and grotesquely bastardize them in these ways, while giving the destruction and totalitarian control the sham name of food safety? We wanted good food.We never wanted to trap our farmers into an industrial prison on their own land, afraid moment to moment of not fulfilling some monstrous set of instructions that never end rules the farmers loathe, rules that have not only nothing to do with real farming but which are antithetical to it.Why have we ended up with HR 2749, an intense corporate nightmare around the most central and necessary aspects of a free country and of free human beings farming and food?

American farming needs to be relieved of the burdens it has been under, not finished off by its corporate competition.It needs freedom to flourish again.Obviously and Congress people who would think to vote for such absurdities, take note the imposition of surveillance, monitoring, warrantless entry, taking of all records, licensing, fees, Codex and NAIS, in addition to massive penalties and prison terms (all without judicial review over even appropriateness and validity), are not how one thanks American farmers for holding together the only working part of our food system.See Literal Enslavement by Linn Cohen-Cole.HR 2749 is the most vicious and insane bill one could imagine. Who treats our farmers in this way? Who believes that such police measures can provide for the rebirth of farming and the return of healthy food? Who wrote this bill that trashes the freedom of all our lives? HR 2749was not what we ordered and it should be sent back the bowels of hell it came from. HR 2749 is both insane and cruel. And the deceptiveness of hiding a Patriot Act in it and the brutal rush to slip it through Congress are ANTI-democratic. Go here to tell Congress, No.http://www.ftcldf.org/petitions/pnum993.php

Fears for the world's poor countries as the rich grab land to grow food.UN sounds warning after 30m hectares bought up.G8 leaders to discuss 'neo-colonialism' John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 July 2009 21.34 BST

The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say.New reports from the UN and analysts in India, Washington and London estimate that at least 30m hectares is being acquired to grow food for countries such as China and the Gulf states who cannot produce enough for their populations. According to the UN, the trend is accelerating and could severely impair the ability of poor countries to feed themselves.Today it emerged that world leaders are to discuss what is being described as land grabbing or neo-colonialism at the G8 meeting next week. A spokesman for Japan's ministry of foreign affairs confirmed that it would raise the issue: We feel there should be a code of conduct for investment in farmland that will be a win-win situation for both producing and consuming countries, he said.Olivier De Schutter, special envoy for food at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said:[The trend] is accelerating quickly. All countries observe each other and when one sees others buying land it does the same.

The UN's food and agricultural organisation and other analysts estimate that nearly 20m hectares (50m acres) of farmland an area roughly half the size of all arable land in Europe has been sold or has been negotiated for sale or lease in the last six months. Around 10m hectares was bought last year. The land grab is being blamed on wealthy countries with concerns about food security.Some of the largest deals include South Korea's acquisition of 700,000ha in Sudan, and Saudi Arabia's purchase of 500,000ha in Tanzania. The Democratic Republic of the Congo expects to shortly conclude an 8m-hectare deal with a group of South African businesses to grow maize and soya beans as well as poultry and dairy farming.India has lent money to 80 companies to buy 350,000ha in Africa. At least six countries are known to have bought large landholdings in Sudan, one of the least food-secure countries in the world.

Other countries that have acquired land in the last year include the Gulf states, Sweden, China and Libya. Those targeted include not only fertile countries such as Brazil, Russia and Ukraine, but also poor countries like Cameroon, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Zambia.De Schutter said that after the food crisis of 2008, many countries found food imports hit their balance of payments, so now they want to insure themselves.This is speculation, betting on future prices. What we see now is that countries have lost trust in the international market. We know volatility will increase in the next few years. Land prices will continue to rise. Many deals are even now being negotiated. Not all are complete yet.He said that about one-fifth of the land deals were expected to grow biofuel crops.But it is impossible to know with certainty because declarations are not made as to what crops will be grown,he said.

Some of the world's largest food, financial and car companies have invested in land.

Alpcot Agro of Sweden bought 120,000ha in Russia, South Korea's Hyundai has paid $6.5m (£4m) for a majority stake in Khorol Zerno, which owns 10,000ha in Eastern Siberia, while Morgan Stanley has bought 40,000ha in Ukraine. Last year South Korea's Daewoo signed a 99-year lease for 1.3m hectares of agricultural land in Madagascar.Devinder Sharma, analyst with the Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security in India, predicted civil unrest.Outsourcing food production will ensure food security for investing countries but would leave behind a trail of hunger, starvation and food scarcities for local populations,he said.The environmental tab of highly intensive farming devastated soils, dry aquifer, and ruined ecology from chemical infestation will be left for the host country to pick up.In Madagascar, the Daewoo agreement was seen as a factor in the subsequent uprising that led to the ousting of the president, Marc Ravalomanana. His replacement, Andry Rajoelina, immediately moved to repeal the deal.Concern is mounting because much of the land has been targeted for its good water supplies and proximity to ports. According to a report last month by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development, the land deals create risks and opportunities.Increased investment may bring benefits such as GDP growth and improved government revenues, and may create opportunities for economic development and livelihood improvement. But they may result in local people losing access to the resources on which they depend for their food security particularly as some key recipient countries are themselves faced with food security challenges, said the authors.According to a US-based thinktank, the International Food Policy Research Institute, nearly $20bn to $30bn a year is being spent by rich countries on land in developing countries.

FALLIN DEMONIC ANGELS (GIANTS)

GENESIS 6:4-5
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

NUMBERS 13:32-33
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

DEUTERONOMY 2:10-11,20-21
10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

DEUTORONOMY 3:11,13
11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

JOSHUA 12:4
4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

JOSHUA 13:12
12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

JOSHUA 15:8,13-14
8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

JOSHUA 17:15-17
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

JOSHUA 18:16
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,

2 SAMUEL 21:15-22
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

1 CHRONICLES 20:4-8
4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

JUDE 5-6,14-16
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS

MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.

1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

DEUTORONOMY 18:10-12
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Russian pagans from ancient cult greet solstice By SERGEI PONOMAREV, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jul 5, 1:17 pm ET

MALOYAROSLAVETS, Russia – Tambourine throbbing in hand, Velislav chants to gods whose cult has almost been obliterated by a millennium of Christianity in Russia.Several hundred followers wearing linen, ancient Slavic ornaments and flower garlands circle around the high priest to celebrate the summer solstice, in an all-night festivity fought by the Russian Orthodox Church for centuries. The rugged faces of bearded gods and stern goddesses top a temple of upright logs.These are Russia's neo-pagans, whose ranks are estimated in the low thousands. Only a handful of pagan groups are officially registered in this predominantly Orthodox Christian country with sizable Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish minorities. The fractured pagan groups constantly argue about the authenticity of rituals, the hierarchy of priests or the pantheon of gods.

The Orthodox Church claims neo-pagans are mostly interested in the entertainment of the rituals, and only some are pagans of principle. They are also controversial because right-wing nationalists who oppose the immigration of non-Slavs have said some of their members are neo-pagan. In late February, four pagans were arrested in Moscow and charged with organizing a series of explosions and the brutal killing of 11dark-skinned non-Slavs.On this night of the summer solstice, the pagans gather on a fragrant meadow near the city of Maloyaroslavets, some 200 kilometers west of Moscow. They go through a fertility rite known as Ivan Kupala derived from the Slavic word to bathe whose purpose is self-purification, unity with forces of nature and the honoring of the Sun god, Velislav says.Priests pelt grain on the crowd, and young women with braided hair serve loaves of unleavened bread and kvas, a nonalcoholic drink made of rye. As darkness falls, they jump over bonfires, roll burning wooden wheels symbolizing the Sun chariot and float burning candles in a nearby river to attract good luck.Dmitri Pankratov, who goes by Ragnar among his friends, says Slavic paganism is the only true religion for Russians. Other religious are branches grafted to a tree,Pankratov says on the morning after the festivity.None of them are a root of the people.Associated Press writer Mansur Mirovalev contributed to this story.

Child snatching for rituals on the rise in Nigeria by Aminu Abubakar – Sun Jul 5, 1:54 am ET

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – Child abduction for ritual killings is on the rise in the Nigerian city of Kano, say officials and advocacy groups who blame the trend on greed for political power and quick wealth in this northern commercial center.Body parts from toddlers and pre-schoolers are prized ingredients for lucky charms thought to make people rich or rise up on the political ladder.In the last few months, kidnapping of young children has increased in Kano the second largest city after the capital Lagos and long the economic heart of the north raising concern among parents and officials.Ritual killers are now on the prowl in the city on an increasing scale, abducting children for rituals for wealth and positions,said Ibrahim Abullahi, spokesman for the state government's Societal Re-orientation Directorate. The agency is charged with improving public morals in this predominately Muslim city.This trend has been on the rise in the last three months as the number of complaints we receive from parents about their missing children has more than doubled,Abdullahi told AFP.

The abducted children are usually between two and five years old,he said.Radio transmissions are replete with announcements about missing children, say radio staffers.An average 50 parents placed announcements with us on their missing children every week in the last three months, compared to 20 such complaints before,Aisha Kabir of Freedom Radio told AFP.Kabir is in charge of receiving announcements on lost and found items and missing people, on the popular privately-owned station in Kano.

Aliyu Mashi of a Kano-based child welfare advocacy group called the General Improvement of Persons Initiative (GIOPINI) blamed the alleged upsurge in the rituals on greed, in a city that revolves around commerce in a country notorious for corruption.We are always bombarded with reports of child abductions, which have become a daily occurrence in Kano, and such children are invariably used for human rituals to make money,Mashi said.People are desperate for wealth and power, and ...they feel they have no other choice but killing children for black magic to achieve their aim,Mashi said.Sadiq Isah Radda, a sociologist at Bayero University in Kano, said fetish priests here are known to favor children's body parts for get-rich-quick potions.Although human sacrifice has been part of the tradition of many African societies,said Radda,in the case of this society, children are what the priests prescribe...In some African societies, albinos are targeted.Mashi said children are easy prey in Kano as parents burdened by poverty and illiteracy are not always attentive to their brood and let them roam. The child captors then lure unattended youngsters using candies, biscuits and in some cases magic.In March, 16-year-old banana hawker Awwalu Baffa confessed to a Kano court of working for ritualists to abduct children for ritual murders.Baffa, now in a juvenile rehabilitation centre in Kaduna city, 200 kilometres (124 miles) away, said he used a motorcycle helmet to bewitch his victims. When I placed the helmet on a child?s head he would disappear and I would use the motorcycle my employer gave me to convey the victim to a house where he would be killed for rituals,Baffa had told a court hearing attended by an AFP reporter on March 23. In my presence my employer Hassan and his three associates slaughtered a five-year-old boy I supplied them for rituals,he said.

Although the police agree there has been an increase in the number of missing children, they insist not all of them are abducted. We do receive reports of children missing but in some cases the children are not abducted but they just miss their way home, Kano police spokesman Baba Mohammed told AFP. And when such children are found parents don't care to inform us that they have found their children and so it becomes difficult for us to know how many of the missing children are actually stolen, Mohammed said.Kabir of Freedom Radio, however, said about half of the parents return two months later saying they still have no trace of their children. The morality agency, meanwhile, has stepped up radio campaigns urging parents to keep a close eye on little children. But Mashi says this is not enough.Residents in every community have to work together in monitoring strange faces that show up in their neighbourhood,he said.

A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.

REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Russian president: We want better Vatican ties Sun Jul 5, 9:15 am ET

VATICAN CITY – Russia's president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican.Tensions between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches over property disputes and other issues have so far made it impossible for any pope to visit Moscow.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Italian reporters in an interview ahead of the G-8 summit in Italy this week that relations between his country and the Vatican will in all likelihood be developed further.He also said the possibility of diplomatic ties is under discussion.He declined to say if Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Russia anytime soon.The previous pontiff, Polish-born John Paul II, was frustrated in his desire to go to Russia.Part of the interview was shown Sunday on Italian state TV.

Toxic Chemicals Release Report Shows Mercury, PCB Pollution Rise Dramatically
David Gutierrez Natural News Saturday, July 4, 2009

Releases of mercury, PCBs, lead and dioxin into the environment increased significantly between 2006 and 2007, according to the annual Toxics Release Inventory,published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).This information underscores the need for fundamental transparency and provides a powerful tool for protecting public health and the environment,said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. Serving the public’s right to know is the crucial first step in reducing toxic chemicals in the places where we live, work and raise children.The Toxics Release Inventory classifies all releases together, including legal and illegal dumping, disposal in mine reclamation ponds (which leach into groundwater) and disposal in toxic dump sites.Between 2006 and 2007, PCB releases increased by 40 percent, due to disposal of supplies manufactured before the substances were banned in 1979. Mercury releases, mostly due to mining, increased by 38 percent. Dioxin releases increased by 11 percent, and lead releases increased by 1 percent. Overall releases of all persistent, bioaccumalitive and toxic chemicals or metals increased by 1 percent.PCBs and dioxins are highly toxic to animal life, particularly birds. Both accumulate in animal (including human) bodies and disrupt the body’s hormonal and reproductive systems. Lead and mercury can cause neurological and behavioral problems, particularly in children. All four pollutants are especially dangerous to pregnant women and children, due to their effects on the body’s development.According to the Toxics Release Inventory,slight decreases in air and water pollution occurred between 2006 and 2007 — 7 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

In December 2006, the Bush administration implemented a rule decreasing the thoroughness of the EPA’s toxics release reporting program. In March of this year, however, President Obama signed a law overturning the Bush policy.The public has a right to know about chemicals in their air and water,said New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who authored the law.The Bush administration watered down this law and let facilities hide critical data about their toxic chemical emissions. It is time to restore the public’s right to know about the release of toxic chemicals in their communities.Sources for this story include: www.ens-newswire.com.

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

Israel's Barak seeks peace understanding with US By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jul 5, 8:25 am ET

JERUSALEM – Israel's defense minister said Sunday he hopes to reach a wider understanding on regional peace when he meets Washington's Mideast envoy this week, but gave no indication the sides have resolved a dispute over settlement construction in the West Bank.Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Israel's point man on settlements, is heading to London on Monday in hopes of breaking the impasse marring Israel's relations with its most important ally. It will be Barak's second meeting with U.S. envoy George Mitchell in less than a week.Barak said the goal of his meeting will be to work toward a wider understanding between us and the U.S. ... and translate it into a shared path acceptable to us, to the U.S. and to the other sides, to make progress on the diplomatic process with the Palestinians, and to opening a door to further moves.Barak, however, made no mention of the dispute over settlement construction, the issue that is expected to dominate Monday's discussions.The Obama administration says Israel must halt all construction on lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and claimed by the Palestinians for a future independent state. Israel wants to keep building in existing settlements to accommodate what it calls natural growth in the settler population.Nearly 300,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, among some 2.5 million Palestinians, in addition to 180,00 Israelis living in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians want their state to include the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with east Jerusalem as their capital. Israel captured all three areas in the 1967 war, though it withdrew all troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005.Last month, in a move at least partly aimed at easing tensions with Washington, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the first time for the creation of a Palestinian state in a policy speech. He said the Palestinian state would have to be demilitarized and recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people.

On Sunday, Netanyahu said at the weekly meeting of his Cabinet summing up his government's first 100 days, that he had created a "national consensus around the term two states for two peoples.The Palestinians have rejected Netanyahu's conditions. They say recognizing Israel as a Jewish state would compromise Israel's one-fifth Arab minority and undermine the claims of Palestinian refugees who lost their homes when Israel was created in 1948.In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the fate of Palestinian refugees and millions of their descendants should be the subject of negotiations. When the Israelis say that the refugee issue is nonnegotiable it means they don't want to discuss the final status issues,he said.He also called for a full settlement freeze. We see the continuous settlement expansion as illegal and it must be stopped,he said.

Also Sunday, Israel announced an indictment against a Gaza militant arrested on June 1after infiltrating from the blockaded Palestinian territory into southern Israel via Egypt.The man admitted to having undergone extensive military training in the Gaza Strip ... in order to establish a terrorism infrastructure inside Israel,the Prime Minister's office said.The statement identified the man as a member of the Popular Resistance Committees, a Gaza militant group. The group's spokesman, Abu Mujahid, said he was looking into the Israeli claim.

EU top diplomat to step down in autumn
HONOR MAHONY Today JULY 6,09 @ 09:25 CET

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said he will not seek a new term in office but will step down when the post expires in autumn after 10 years of representing the bloc abroad.The move by Mr Solana, a former Nato chief and Spanish foreign minister, had been expected but this is the first time he has stated it so clearly in public.I had a 10-year mandate which I have fulfilled, he told Spanish daily newspaper ABC in an interview.I do not mean to go any further.His current mandate expires in October but he said there would be no point in trying to seek to carry on for a further term.

During his time as High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy he had to fight to make himself heard on the EU's external stage, a crowded place that is also home to the EU commissioner for external relations and the EU presidency of the moment.In addition, foreign ministers from big member states were often reluctant to let Mr Solana get a look in on major issues. It took him some time to get himself established as one of the negotiators and speaker for the EU on the Iran nuclear issue, a topic where Britain, France and Germany took the lead.He is generally well-regarded for having been able to give some weight to the post despite not having much power and without having stepped on member states' toes, who fiercely guard their national sovereignty in this area.Mr Solana will be stepping down just as the post is set to gain power, if the EU's new Lisbon treaty comes into force.The new EU foreign minister function, formally called the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will see his successor become vice-president of the European Commission, chair of all the EU foreign minister councils and head of a new EU diplomatic service.

EU parliament job set aside for eastern Europe
ANDREW RETTMAN Today JULY 6,09 @ 09:21 CET

Italian centre-right MEP Mario Mauro has dropped his bid to become EU parliament president, leaving the path clear for Polish conservative deputy Jerzy Buzek to take up the post.Mr Mauro made the announcement on Sunday (5 July) following a congress of the centre-right EPP faction in Athens. The move is designed to avoid unnecessary and damaging divisions in the group, he said.The EPP will formally nominate Mr Buzek as its candidate on 7 July. His appointment has to be confirmed by an EU parliament vote on 14 July. But the EPP is expected to make a deal with the socialist group, giving its man the job for the next two and a half years, followed by German centre-left MEP Martin Schulz in 2011.Poland's Mr Buzek would become the first politician from one of the ex-Iron Curtain member states to hold a senior EU post if he gets through. The 69-year old chemist has spent the past five years on the parliament's industry committee. He was prime minister of Poland in 1997 and an anti-Communism activist in the 1980s.I am a Pole. I will never forget where I came from. But in the European Parliament we represent Europeans,he told Polish TV on Sunday.We managed to convince the others that five years after enlargement a representative from one of the new member states deserves to get one of the important positions in the EU,Polish conservative MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski told the Rzeczpospolita daily.Speculation has it that Mr Mauro will get the prestigious role of foreign affairs committee chairman in the next parliament. Italy has also indicated that its foreign minister, Franco Frattini, may compete for the new post of EU foreign minister.Meanwhile, Poland is still shooting for a strong financial portfolio such as competition or single market in the European Commission.

France lays down the law on Turkey's EU progress
HONOR MAHONY Today JULY 6,09 @ 09:12 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – France has warned Sweden to respect its views on Turkey's EU membership negotiations during its EU presidency, saying it will tolerate the two sides moving closer only in certain areas.Everybody knows that as regards enlargement we don't have exactly the same position as regards Turkey,said French president Nicolas Sarkozy following a meeting with his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt on Friday (3 July).I am very sensitive to the fact that the chairman of Europe has to take into account all the points of view.Mr Sarkozy, a vocal opponent of Turkey's full membership of the EU, said he would not hinder further progress in accession negotiations but only if it concerns non-sensitive areas.France will not be against the opening of new chapters under the Swedish chairmanship but, of course, these chapters should allow that Turkey should be an associate member of Europe and not a fully-fledged member,the president said.I would not like to create any problems for the prime minister and he doesn't want to create problems for me.Paris in the past blocked negotiations on economic and monetary union with Turkey, seeing it as a step too far.Meanwhile, Sweden's Mr Reinfeldt, in charge of the EU until the end of the year, outlined Stockholm's position as diplomatically as possible.We also talked about the continued enlargement of the EU. I think the Swedish position is well known,he said.Sweden is one of the strongest proponents of Turkey eventually becoming an EU member.The issue already caused tension between the two countries in June when Mr Sarkozy abruptly called off a planned visit to Stockholm due to pro-Turkey comments by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt to leading French daily Le Figaro.

Slow progress

Progress on Turkey's EU membership negotiations has been painfully slow in part due to foot-dragging by Ankara itself on reforms in human rights and democracy areas. But also due to a reluctance within part of the bloc itself, particularly France and Germany.Turkey has opened 11 of the 35 policy areas up for negotiation but has only managed to close one with member states approval needed to both start and end each policy chapter since it started membership talks with the EU nearly four years ago.

Ankara has repeatedly warned that the EU's lack of enthusiasm will turn ordinary Turks against the project. It has also suggested that the bloc would be shooting an own goal in terms of energy independence if it lost Turkey's support.It has openly linked its co-operation on the Nabucco project, a cross-Turkey pipeline aimed at reducing Europe's gas reliance on Russia, to EU membership progress.

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)

EZEKIEL 39:21
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

ISAIAH 18:1-2
1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

JEREMIAH 50:11,37,12
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;(BACKSLIDERS)
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.(A NATION OF MINGLED PEOPLE)
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed:(MOTHER ENGLAND) behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

JEREMIAH 51:13,7,53
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

REVELATION 18:3,5,7
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK ATTACK ON AMERICA)

REVELATION 18:10
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

3RD JIHAD TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJy9tpGHGXM&feature=player_embedded
3RD JIHAD MOVIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gt9UGB1-tQ&feature=player_embedded
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1d0Lx8MPtI&feature=player_embedded
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SHARIA LAW IN AMERICA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEy0uiyvNw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppTo-TTtJQo&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqV-CtEVUU&feature=player_embedded

WITH OBAMA ASKING RUSSIA TO HELP STOP IRANS NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN RETURN FOR THE USA TO REDUCE ITS WEAPONS WILL BE THE DECEPTION THAT LETS RUSSIA NUKE USA IN THE FUTURE SNEAK ATTACK BY RUSSIA AGAINST THE USA.

OBAMA-MEDVEDEV PRESS CONFERENNCE
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1173071319&play=1
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1173062548&play=1
RUSSIA PLAYS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1173029383&play=1

Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer JULY 6,09

MOSCOW – President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev struck a preliminary deal Monday to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear warheads to as few as 1,500 each, pointing the two countries' arsenals toward lower levels than in any previous arms control agreement.The document signed by the two leaders at a Moscow summit, Obama's first in Russia, is meant as a guide for negotiators as the nations work toward a replacement pact for the START arms control agreement that expires in December. Each country now has about 2,000 warheads.The joint understanding completed by Obama and Medvedev, signed after about three hours of talks at the Kremlin, also commits the two nation's to lower long-range missiles for delivering nuclear bombs to between 500 and 1,100.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

MOSCOW (AP) — President Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit with confidence on Monday, predicting extraordinary progress out of meetings set to test his diplomatic skills on important priorities such as nuclear arsenal reductions and the fight in Afghanistan.The United States and Russia have more in common than they have differences, Obama said he sat down in an ornate Kremlin room with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.With both men showing signs they are eager to reset damaged relations, Obama's host launched the high-stakes summit with similar good will.We'll have a full-fledged discussion of our relations between our two countries, closing some of the pages of the past and opening some of the pages of the future,Medvedev said, through a translator.The first U.S.-Russia summit since the early part of the George W. Bush presidency finds Russia home to a wary public, a two-headed leadership and lingering hard feelings toward America.The foundation set now could affect how much cooperation Obama gets in areas in which the U.S. needs Russia's help chiefly in pressuring Iran and North Korea to give up their nuclear weapons ambitions, but also in tackling terrorism, global warming and the economy.Agreements negotiated ahead of time gave Obama something to take home even before the summit started, including another step toward the world's two largest nuclear powers reducing their arsenals. Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said, according to Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency, that the document Obama and Medvedev will sign is concise and won't contain details of a new treaty but nonetheless amounts to a road map for a future deal.

The START arms control agreement expires in December and the two nations are working toward a replacement pact. The eventual deal could cut warheads from more than 2,000 each to as low as 1,500 apiece.The leaders also were announcing Russia's agreement to let the United States use its territory and air space to move arms into Afghanistan for the forces fighting extremists there.Other side agreements meant to sweeten the talks included a new joint commission to try to account for missing service members of both countries dating back to World War II and fresh cooperation on public health issues.Yet, the two sides remain stalemated over the U.S. pursuit of a missile-defense system in Europe, pushed hard by Bush and under review by Obama. Both sides hardened their positions ahead of the summit.The U.S. contends the program is designed to protect U.S. allies in Europe from a potential nuclear attack by Iran. But the Russians see it as a first step toward a system that could weaken their offensive nuclear strike potential.The summit starts a weeklong trip for Obama that also features G-8 meetings and a visit with the pope in Italy, and a speech in Ghana.

After Obama landed in Moscow under drizzly gray skies, he introduced his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters to the Russian officials waiting to greet them on the tarmac. The entourage then headed to a wreath-laying ceremony at Russia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. While in Moscow, Obama will devote a prominent amount of time to leaders of Russia's civil society. Having enjoyed adoring crowds in Europe, Obama will face a fare more skeptical Russian population.Just 15 percent of Russians say the U.S. is playing a positive role in the world; most said the United States abuses it power and makes Russia do what the U.S. wants, according to the University of Maryland's WorldPublicOpinion.org out Sunday.I would like to see America meddle less in other countries,said Valentina Titova, a 60-year-old retired economist strolling not far from the Kremlin. Obama will outline his vision for U.S.-Russian relations at a speech at the New Economic School. It is unclear how many people will see it. Russian leaders control the television outlets. As Obama told a Russian-language news channel in the days before the summit: We want to build relations where we deal as equals.Yet he also caused a stir in Russia by telling The Associated Press last week that Medvedev's predecessor and mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has to learn that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations is outdated.

OBAMA MEDVEDEV TEXT MON JULY 6,09
Transcript President Obama Holds a News Conference with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia Moscow, Russia CQ Transcript Wire Monday, July 6, 2009; 10:51 AM

(JOINED IN PROGRESS) PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): ... and in a limited composition and a larger composition were very open and sincere. And this is extremely important. Transcript: President Obama Holds a News Conference with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia
Obama, Medvedev Sign Nuclear Understanding
Obama, Medvedev Agree on Talk Structure
Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction

We have agreed that we will continue to communicate in this mode further on.In reality, for our relations, it is very important, and it is not a simple job, because the backlog of problems is quite impressive.But we had enough of mutual wish and will and the positions (ph) of principles that we have always occupied (inaudible) to make the discussion of these problems in a business-like manner, and we have reached mutually beneficial results.I would like to emphasize that each of our countries understand its role in its own way.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): But at this time, we realize that our role is a responsibility for the situation in this world, especially in a period when the level of globalization has reached such dimensions and such (inaudible) the situation in general, and such powerful states as the United States of America and the Russian Federation have special responsibility for everything that is happening on our planet. We have many points of convergence, many mutual interests, and global and economic ones and a variety of other interests. But our desire to discuss these subjects was mutual, and this is also one of very important results of our meeting, since the work we are doing requires good will, mutual respect and honest understanding of each other's position.We also came to the conclusion that Russian-American relations and the level achieved to date does not correspond to their potential, to the (inaudible) possibilities of our countries. And the important thing is that the level that we have today does not correspond to the need of the current age.And the result, active development of our relations on the foreign affairs agenda, on scientific, trade, educational relations, we'll now (ph) be able to build the road to the 21st century.We have spent several hours in very busy negotiations, very specific. And at the same time, we dwelled on the questions of philosophy of our cooperation.I'm grateful to the president of the United States for the understanding he showed on the principles that we put forward and our attention to the proposals made by the American side.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): So despite of the fact that the several hours we cannot remove the burden of all the problems, we have agreed that we will go forward without stopping, that we will make the decisions that are needed for the development of relations between our two countries.We have discussed quite specific problems, and I would like to share some of them with you.We, of course, discussed international subjects. We spoke about such difficult problems as the process of Middle East settlement. We agreed to continue our work taking into account the businesses we had in the Middle East recently.And the plans that we discussed we discussed the possibility of holding Moscow conference on the Middle East. We spoke about a very important subject. That is extremely requires the coordination of our activities. This is the problem of Afghanistan.Without our joint work in that area we would not be able to achieve success in that area. And on that score we have agreed on a special statement.Now a few specific results of our negotiations. You are aware of them. We have agreed on a very important subject: the new agreement on strategic offensive arms. So this is a basic element of our mutual security. The work was very intensive. And I must admit that our teams, our delegations worked on this subject in a very fruitful way. They have showed reasonable compromise. And I would like to thank everyone who took part in this negotiation or is going to take part in them.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): The result of this is that we have reached not only mutual understanding of what -- how we should move forward, but also to the basic levels on which we will advance our cooperation in this field.We agreed on -- on the levels of carriers and warheads, meaning that this is a very concrete subject. In the mutual understanding that we have just signed with the president of the United States, it is said that our two countries can have from 500 to 1,100 carriers of strategic arms and from 1,500 to 1,675 warheads. These are the new parameters within which our dialogue will be going on and where we hope to achieve final agreement that will be part of the new treaty. We have agreed, also, that the offensive and defensive systems of both countries should be considered together. We have adopted a joint statement on ABM.And this is also an important result of our work, even taking into account that we have divergences on a number of items, nevertheless, we manage to sign to approve a joint document.We have discussed measures of cooperation in the nuclear field, and the most important is that we will continue our cooperation in every area.A lot depends on our countries.We have signed an agreement on military transit to Afghanistan. We decided to create a presidential commission on cooperation which will be coordinating relations among various agencies of the United States and the Russian Federation, respectively, on in all priority areas, including economic and military areas.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the military area, these questions will be dealt by the chiefs of staff that have just signed the document: General Makarov and Mullen. Soon, all these documents will be published and you will be able to familiarize yourself with them.On the whole, by characterizing our first day of work and the results of negotiations that we have had, I would like to say that I view them as a first, but very important, step in the process of improving full-scale cooperation between our two countries, which should go to the benefit of both states. And if both states benefit by it, that means everybody will benefit by it. I would like to emphasize, in conclusion, that our country would like to reach such a level of cooperation with the United States which would be realistically worthy of the 21st century, which will ensure international peace and security. This is in our interest and we are grateful to our American colleagues for the joint work we have done. It is true that the solution of many world problems depends on the joint will of the United States and Russia.Thank you.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody.And I want to thank President Medvedev and the Russian people for their hospitality. Michelle and I and our children are pleased to be here in Moscow and to be here so early in my administration. We've just concluded a very productive meeting, as President Medvedev just indicated. The president and I agreed that the relationship between Russia and the United States has suffered from a sense of drift. We resolved to reset U.S.-Russian relations so that we can cooperate more effectively in areas of common interest. Today, after less than six months of collaboration, we have done exactly that, by taking concrete steps forward on a range of issues, while paving the way for more progress in the future.

OBAMA: And I think it's particularly notable that we've addressed the top priorities. These are not second-tier issues. They are fundamental to the security and the prosperity of both countries.First, we've taken important steps forward to increase nuclear security and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.This starts with the reduction of our own nuclear arsenals. As the world's two leading nuclear powers, the United States and Russia must lead by example. And that's what we're doing here today.We have signed a joint understanding for a follow-on treaty to the START agreement that will reduce our nuclear warheads and delivery systems by up to a third from our current treaty limitations. This legally binding treaty will be completed this year.We've also agreed on a joint statement on nuclear security cooperation that will help us achieve the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear materials within four years; progress that we can build upon later this week at the G-8 summit. Together, these are important steps forward in implementing the agenda that I laid out in Prague.As we keep our commitments, so we must ensure that other nations keep theirs. To that end, we had constructive discussions about North Korea and Iran. North Korea has abandoned its own commitments and violated international law. And that's why I'm pleased that Russia joined us in passing a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for strong steps to block North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Iran also poses a serious challenge through its failure to live up to international obligations. This is not just a problem for the United States.

OBAMA: It raises the prospect of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which would endanger global security, while Iran's ballistic missile program could also pose a threat to the broader region.That's why I'm pleased that we've agreed on a joint statement on cooperation on missile defense and a joint threat assessment of the ballistic missile challenges of the 21st century, including those posed by Iran and North Korea.Second, we have taken important steps forward to strengthen our security through greater cooperation. President Medvedev and I agreed upon the need to combat the threat of violent extremism, particularly from Al Qaida. And today we've signed an agreement that will allow the transit of lethal military equipment through Russia to Afghanistan. This is a substantial contribution by Russia to our international effort, and it will save the United States time and resources in giving our troops the support that they need.Thanks to Admiral Mullen and his Russian counterpart, we've also agreed to resume military-to-military cooperation between the United States and Russia. This provides a framework for improved cooperation and interoperability between our armed forces so that we can better address the threats that we face, from terrorism to privacy.We've also agreed to restore a joint commission on prisoners of war and missing in action which will allow our governments to cooperate in our unwavering commitment to our missing service men and women. And third, we've taken important steps forward to broaden our cooperation on a full range of issues that affect the security and prosperity of our people. President Medvedev and I are creating a U.S.-Russian bilateral presidential commission to serve as a new foundation for this cooperation.Too often, the United States and Russia only communicate on a narrow range of issues or let old habits within our bureaucracy stand in the way of our progress. And that's why this commission will include working groups on development and the economy, energy and the environment, nuclear energy and security, arms control and international security, defense, foreign policy and counterterrorism, preventing and handling emergencies, civil society, science and technology, space, health, education and culture.

OBAMA: And this work will be coordinated by Secretary Clinton and Minister Lavrov. And Secretary Clinton will travel to Russia this fall to carry this effort forward.
Just to give you one example of this cooperation, is the new memorandum of understanding on health. We've learned, most recently with the H1N1 virus, that a disease that emerges anywhere can pose a risk to people everywhere. That's why our Department of Health and Human Services will cooperate with its Russian counterparts to combat infectious, chronic and noncommunicable diseases, while promoting prevention and global health.Finally, I'm pleased that Russia has taken the important step of lifting some restrictions on imports of U.S. livestock. The cost of these restrictions to American business is over $1.3 billion and we've now made important progress toward restoring that commerce.And I won't pretend that the United States and Russia agree on every issue. As President Medvedev indicated, we've had some frank discussions, and there are areas where we still disagree.For instance, we had a frank discussion on Russia on Georgia and I reiterated my firm belief that Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected. Yet, even as we worked through our disagreements on Georgia's borders, we do agree that no one has an interest in renewed military conflict. And going forward, we must speak candidly to resolve these differences peacefully and constructively. President Medvedev and I are committed to leaving behind the suspicion and the rivalry of the past, so that we can advance the interests that we hold in common.Today, we've made meaningful progress in demonstrating through deeds and words what a more constructive U.S.-Russian relationship can look like in the 21st century. Tomorrow, I look forward to broadening this effort, to include business, civil society and the dialogue among the American and Russian people.I believe that all of us have an interest in forging a future in which the United States and Russian partner effectively on behalf of our security and prosperity.

OBAMA: That's the purpose of resetting our relations. That is the progress we made today.And I once again want to take President Medvedev and his entire team for being such wonderful hosts and working so effectively with our teams.Thank you.

STAFF (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Colleagues, now we begin the joint press conference of the president of the Russian Federation and the U.S. president. You will be able to ask two questions. Don't forget to present yourself. And the first question goes to the U.S. media.QUESTION: Thank you, and good evening to both presidents.

President Obama, I'd like to ask you about the issue of trust.After this period of rocky relations between the countries but also with the agreements that you've just laid out today, having spent time with President Medvedev, do you feel like you have full trust in him? And have settled in your mind who is really in charge here in Russia, the president or Prime Minister Putin? And President Medvedev, I'd like to ask you, polling shows that the American people have some hard feelings about I'm sorry that the Russian people have some hard feelings about America. I'm wondering what you think President Obama can do to try to change this.

OBAMA: Well, first of all, this is now my second lengthy bilateral meeting with President Medvedev, and we've also had a series of telephone calls and other exchanges.And throughout our interactions I've found him to be straightforward, professional. He is clear about the interests of the Russian people, but he's also interested in finding out what the interests of the United States are. And we have found, I think, an ability to work together extremely effectively. So, yes, I trust President Medvedev to not only listen and to negotiate constructively, but also to follow follow through on the agreements that are contained here today. And, again, I'm very appreciative of not only of the manner in which he's dealt with me, but also the manner in which our teams have worked together.If you think about the short timeframe from our meeting in London to today, and the fact that we have essentially accomplished all the goals that we had set in London and these are not insubstantial achievements I think it's a good sign of progress in the future. Tomorrow I'll be having breakfast with Prime Minister Putin. I have not met him before. I'm looking forward to that meeting.My understanding is, is that President Medvedev is the president; Prime Minister Putin is the prime minister.

OBAMA: And they allocate power in accordance with Russia's form of government, in the same way that we allocate power in the United States.And so my interest is in dealing directly with my counterpart, the president, but also to reach out to Prime Minister Putin and all other influential sectors in Russian society, so that I can get a full picture of the needs of the Russian people and the concerns of the Russian people. And, you know, my strong impression is is that President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin are working very effectively together. And our interest is dealing with the Russian government as a whole in order to achieve the improved bilateral relationship that I think can be accomplished.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): First of all, I would like to thank President Obama for the kind words he has just said about this period and the level of openness we enjoy in our personal relationship.I said something about it already, previously. Personal relationships are very important, especially when you speak about the building of inter-state relationships. And when the relationship between the governments and personal relationships are on the same level, positive, that's always good for the relationship between (ph) the countries.Speaking of the attitude towards the American people, they are friendly. I don't see any negative (inaudible) there. But when there are problems between the states; when there are negative signals being sent by the government, then, of course, these signals reflect on the mood of the ordinary people, and thus the best relationship between the countries are the more empathy people have towards each other in different countries.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): We touched upon different (inaudible) meeting and the relationship between our countries knew ups and down. We during World War II saved the world and there was strategic partnership between us. And now we also have a feeling that a lot depends on our relationship and success in delivering on all those expectations on different fronts.A lot depends on our efforts, bearing in mind that our people have always had sympathy towards empathy towards each other. (inaudible), please. You have the floor.

QUESTION (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Thank you. I have questions to both presidents. Russia and the U.S. are the largest nuclear powers in the world, accounting for 95 percent of warheads. You have been working on the documents on the NPT for quite some time; in fact since 1970s. Do you think you will be able to have the situation in the NPT area under control when there are so many negative trends around the globe?

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Well, the nonproliferation problem is very important for our countries because we have and share the largest burden in the area of nonproliferation of strategic arms. We do have the major nuclear arsenals and we have full responsibility for those arsenals.And I agree with you totally. There are negative trends in the world and they are due to the emergence of new nuclear players. Some of them are not officially members of the nuclear club, but they have aspirations to have nuclear weapons and declare so openly or, which is worse, are doing it clandestinely.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): And of course it has a very negative bearing on the world.And due to reasons very well known, there are regions around the world where the presence of nuclear arms would create huge problems. And these are areas where we should concentrate our efforts, together with our American partners. Those regions those areas are well known. There is no sense in naming them.But it's quite obvious that on the situation in the Middle East, on the Korean Peninsula, will depend the climate throughout the globe. It's our common, joint responsibility, and we should make our utmost to prevent any negative trends there. And we are ready to do that. Our negotiations with President Obama have demonstrated that we share the same attitude towards this problem.

OBAMA: Well, I think President Medvedev said it well. This is an urgent issue and one in which the United States and Russia have to take leadership.It is very difficult for us to exert that leadership unless we are showing ourselves willing to deal with our own nuclear stockpiles in a more rational way. And that's why this post-START agreement is so important. And I'm hopeful that we can reduce our nuclear arsenals by as much as a third and, hopefully, can move even beyond that in subsequent agreements and treaties.The critical issue that President Medvedev identified is the fact that we are seeing a pace of potential proliferation that we have not seen in quite some time. And he mentioned two specific areas.In the Middle East, there is deep concern about Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons capability, not simply because of one country wanting nuclear weapons, but the fact that if Iran obtained nuclear weapons, it is an almost it is almost certain that other countries in the region would then decide to pursue their own programs. And we would then see a nuclear arms race in perhaps the most volatile part of the world.

OBAMA: In the Korean Peninsula, we've already seen North Korea flout its own commitments and international obligations in pursuit of nuclear weapons.And in all of these cases, as you see more proliferation of nuclear weapons, the possibility is not only of state actors targeting populations with nuclear weapons, but the possibility that those nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of nonstate actors, extremist organizations, poses an extraordinary threat to both Russia and the United States. So I'm pleased on the progress that we've made so far. I think the fact that we've got a joint threat assessment, in terms of what ballistic missile capabilities and nuclear weapons could pose to our countries, that we will be conducting a review of that and making assessments to find ways that the United States and Russia can cooperate more effectively, that's going to be more important.I think continuing the pursuit of cooperation that already exists between Russia and the United States on loose nuclear materials and making sure those are secure, I think that's going to be very important.Structuring a new, reinvigorated nonproliferation treaty, that applies a set of rules to all countries, allows them to pursue peaceful nuclear energy without having the capacity to weaponize that nuclear capacity, that is going to be very important.And so, we've actually suggested a global nuclear security summit, that we intend to host next year. And I discussed with President Medvedev the strong possibility that in a subsequent summit it could be hosted by Russia where we bring all the countries together around the world to start making progress on this critical issue.

QUESTION: Deep divisions over a proposed U.S. missile shield have contributed greatly to the deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations in recent years. And it does not seem that you gentlemen have finally resolved that issue, either. President Obama, you have said very clearly that you would not accept the linkage between the missile systems and arms control talks.President Medvedev, you and Prime Minister Putin have said that these issues must be linked.Is there -- are either of you gentlemen willing to budge or compromise on this issue? And if not, could this also contribute to a blockage or obstacle to reaching a final START II agreement? And, also, President Obama, I wonder if you could give us your reaction to the Chinese government crackdown in the northwest of the country on rioting and unrest that has killed more than 140 people.

OBAMA: With respect to the China situation, unfortunately, I've been traveling all night and in meetings all day, so I have not been fully briefed, and I don't want to comment until I actually see all the information. But I assure you that our team will get a statement to you as soon as I've been able to do that.On missile defense, we have agreed that we are going to continue to discuss this critical issue. That is part of the joint statements that we've signed.I also believe that it is entirely legitimate for our discussions to talk not only about offensive weapon systems but also defensive weapon systems.Part of what got us through the Cold War was a sufficient sense of parity and deterrent capability; that both sides, during those very difficult times, understood that a first strike, the attempt to use nuclear weapons in a military conflict against the other, could result in an extremely heavy price.And so any discussion of nuclear strategy, security, has to include defensive as well as offensive capabilities.The difference that we've had has been on the specifics of a missile defense system that the United States views as a priority not to deal with Russia but to deal with a missile coming in from Iran or North Korea or some other state, and that it's important for the United States and its allies to have the capacity to prevent such a strike.

OBAMA: There's no scenario from our perspective in which this missile defense system would provide any protection against a mighty Russian arsenal. And so in that sense we have not thought that it is appropriate to link discussions of a missile defense system designed to deal with an entirely different threat unrelated to the kinds of robust capabilities that Russia possesses.Now, having said that, President Medvedev has been very clear that this is a point of deep concern and sensitivity to the Russian government. I suspect when I speak with President Prime Minister Putin tomorrow, he will say the same thing.And what we would like to do is to work with Russia to advance a system that ensures that a stray missile, whether it was one or 10 or a handful of missiles, coming from a third source that we had the capabilities to prevent those from doing damage.I think we can arrive at those kinds of understandings, but it's going to take some hard work because it requires breaking down long- standing suspicions.With respect to this particular configuration that was proposed several years ago, as you know, we're undergoing a thorough review of whether it works or not, what has been proposed.

OBAMA: That review should be completed by the end of the summer. And I indicated to President Medvedev that as soon as that review is complete, we will provide the Russian government our assessment of how we think we should proceed, and that will be the subject of extensive negotiations.So, ultimately, I think the more progress we make on some of the issues that I discussed earlier nonproliferation, being able to track ballistic missiles coming from other sources to the extent that we are building deeper cooperation on those fronts, I think the more effectively we're going to be able to resolve this issue.I believe that over time we will end up seeing that the U.S.Russian positions on these issues can be reconciled and that, in fact, we have a mutual interest in protecting both of our populations from the kinds of dangers that weapons proliferations is posing today.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I'll say a couple of words on this subject. Of course, anti-ballistic missile defense, not ballistic missile defense, but the problem of the (inaudible) region area is a difficult subject for our discussion.But I would like to draw your attention to what President Obama said, and I would like to point it out myself.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In our mutual understanding that has just been signed, we talk about the linkage between offensive and defensive weapons. And this already constitutes a step forward.Sometime ago, on this question, we had all only differences. Now this linkage is being stated, and this opens up the opportunity of bringing positions closer to each other.Secondly, nobody is saying that the ballistic missile defense is harmful or is posing a danger. It is aimed at resolving a number of practical tasks.The question is of linking these configurations of missile defense with interests of other countries.I would like to point out especially that our American partners, unlike what was happening in recent years, have taken a pause and now are studying this situation. As a result of this, they will formulate their final position. As (inaudible) least this is also a step forward in reaching possible compromise on this fairly difficult subject.Before, we just heard that, All decisions have been made. They do not concern you. But they have they present no threat to you.
Our position is somewhat different. You are well familiar with it. I am not going to say it again.We our understanding is that these decisions do concern us and we will have to come to terms on dispositions.We realize fully well that the number of threats, including a link to the medium-range and ballistic missiles, is not diminishing but is growing in number, so we all have to think about what configuration on the whole, the global antiballistic missile defense could have.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): And this during our (inaudible) composition meeting, I mentioned to my colleague.STAFF (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Distinguished colleagues, last question. QUESTION (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Good evening. The question is to both presidents.You spoke about your concern about Afghanistan. Can you be more specific? What do the presidents think about the situation in that country? There is a feeling that the counterterrorist operation in Afghanistan is having difficulties. And to what extent cooperation between U.S. and Russia in transit can help to improve the situation, in greater detail please?

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): The subject of U.S.-Russian cooperation in Afghanistan is extremely important. It is for this reason we paid so much attention to the discussion of this problem. And we have just signed an agreement that concerns transit. It's an important subject and we will of course continue cooperation with our American counterparts.As concerns the current situation, it is really is not simple. I'm not trying to say that it is being worsened, but in many aspects the progress is not available or is insignificant. But we value the efforts that are being made by the United States, together with other countries, in order to prevent the terrorist threat that was emanating and still coming from the Afghan soil.

MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): We are prepared, in this sense, to full-scale cooperation with our U.S. and other partners, including in transit areas. We are prepared to help in various aspects.I don't know to what extent how quickly the situation will improve. It depends, to a large extent, to the development of the political system in Afghanistan; to what extent the Afghan government will achieve successes in the economy. And it's not a simple task. Nevertheless, we are prepared to continue with our efforts: the consultations with the Afghan side, (inaudible) president of that country. And I met the president of Pakistan because both of these problems have to be resolved together. And if we can join our efforts, both in the economic, peaceful field, and in terms of support of counterterrorist operations, the success will come sooner or later. In the final analysis, the success let me emphasize once again will depend on the maturity of the Afghan state and the readiness of the Afghan society to change.

OBAMA: Well, as you may be aware, as soon as I came into office, we undertook a thorough review of our Afghan strategy to that point, in consultation with not only our NATO allies but all the forces internationally that have contributed to the efforts there.And we concluded that we had not made as much progress as we should have, given the duration in which we've been in Afghanistan, and that we can improve it.So our approach has been to say that we need to have a strong security system in place for the Afghan elections to be completed.

OBAMA: We have to train Afghan nationals for the army and police so that they can effectively secure their own country. We have to combine that with more effective diplomatic efforts. And we have to focus on development, so that, for example, the people of Afghanistan don't have to grow poppy but have other crops and goods that they can make a living with.Now, we have just begun the implementation of this new strategy, and so I think it's too early to gauge its success so far.I think by the time that we've completed the next election and the either President Karzai or another candidate has taken his seat, then we will be able to, I think, do an additional review and see what other efforts we can take in order to improve the situation.I will tell you that Russia's participation and contributions to this effort could be extraordinarily important.Obviously, Russia has its own concerns about extremism and terrorism. Russia also has deep concerns about the drug trade and its infiltration into Russia. And Russia has extraordinary capabilities when it comes to training police forces, training armies.And so our hope is, is that, as part of the broader presidential commission structure that we put in place, that we're going to further discussion both the military efforts in Afghanistan but also the development efforts and the diplomatic efforts, so that we can make progress.

OBAMA: And President Medvedev is right that this is important for Afghanistan but it's also important with respect to Pakistan. And we're going to have to think regionally, in terms of how we approach these problems. Obviously, there are countries along the border of Afghanistan and Central Asia that are of deep strategic importance. And it's very important that we also include them in these conversations about how we can move forward.But I just want to thank again the Russian government for the agreement for military transit that will save U.S. troops both time and money. And it's, I think, a gesture that indicates the degree to which in the future Russian-U.S. cooperation can be extraordinarily important in solving a whole host of these very important international issues. All right? Thank you very much, everybody.
MEDVEDEV (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Thank you.END

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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CHARTING THE YEN
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ECB chief backs dollar amid calls for reserve currency debate
LUCIA KUBOSOVA Today JULY 6,09 @ 09:38 CET

European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet has praised the US' commitment to the strong dollar as several world powers including France and Russia call for a fresh debate on the global currency system ahead of this week's G8 summit of leaders in Italy.Asked by journalists on Sunday (5 July) whether the US dollar should remain the world's key currency, Mr Trichet said: On this issue, I am very very clear. I have just one message. It is extremely important that the US has been saying that a strong dollar is in the interests of the US.I consider that extremely important and I welcome this declaration,he added on the sidelines of an economic conference in Aix en Provence, southern France, according to Forbes.At the same forum, French finance minister Christine Lagarde called for better foreign-exchange policy coordination, adding that the world leaders should discuss how $6.5 trillion in currency reserves are managed.She argued that questions need to be asked about the balance of currencies and the role of currencies in a world that has changed because of the crisis and the growing role of emerging countries,Bloomberg reported.Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer expressed a similar message in the conference: We really need to make sure there is a greater stability between the big currencies in the period to come.Meanwhile, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated his support for a new international reserve currency, stating The dollar system or the system based on the dollar and euro have shown that they are flawed,in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

However, the Russian leader admitted that new reserve currencies "can't be introduced by presidential decree or by order of the central bank. It's about trusting countries' economies.There is currently no alternative to the dollar or the euro, Mr Medvedev added.The discussion about the global currency basket comes as the leaders of seven most industrialised countries plus Russia are due to gather in the Italian city of L'Aquila on Wednesday (8 July) and then meet their counterparts from the main developing countries.China has been lobbying for a debate on the stability of dollar as the main reserve currency while high-level representatives from India have hinted that the country is internally discussing a possible shift from the dollar in its foreign holdings.The challenge to the US currency which has underpinned the international monetary and trade system since the end of the WWII comes as a consequence of the global financial and economic crisis sparked by the US.But there are signals that the currency debate might still be muted due to concerns over its possible negative impact on the financial markets.There is pretty broad consensus with the G8 that this is not the time to experiment with reserve currencies, however attractive it might seem,Reuters quoted a source following the summit.The G7 club includes the US, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Italy but the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would also invite Spain and the Netherlands to join this week's session.The economic downturn in its complexity features high on the meeting's agenda, as last week's job figures somewhat dashed hopes for an early recovery from the worst crisis since 1930s.The G8 nations might also move on with the climate change issues, with the BBC reporting that they are setting a target to cut greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050, in L'Aquila.

Canada defends US$ as global reserve currency By Louise Egan – Fri Jul 3, 1:38 pm ET

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency of choice has been a stabilizing force during the current financial crisis, Canada said on Friday, downplaying calls to debate the greenback's dominant status.Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty added his weight, at least for now, to Japan's opposition to a Chinese push for a new super-sovereign reserve currency that would displace the U.S. dollar.

Flaherty also told reporters he could see the Canadian currency appreciating as part of a worldwide shifting of foreign exchange rates to correct imbalances.He said he did not know whether the U.S. dollar's role as the global reserve currency would be included in the final communique of a meeting between the Group of Eight leaders and a heads of emerging nations in Italy next week.It's an issue that we have not addressed other than to say that, in the midst of what is still a significant global recession, it's important that we aim for stability, and stability has been based on the U.S. dollar as the global currency,Flaherty said via teleconference from Chile.

China has asked for a debate on a new global reserve currency by the G8 and five emerging economies, G8 sources have told Reuters. News of the Chinese request helped push the U.S. dollar down to a three-week low on Wednesday.Flaherty said he expected there to be a more general discussion on foreign exchange at next week's summit, which starts with the G8 nations alone and then broadens to include emerging nations.

Commenting on Canada's currency, he said there was room for the Canadian dollar to appreciate further as part of the global realignment of currencies that many believe should include a rise in the Chinese yuan and a weaker U.S. dollar.Yes, of course it can,he said when asked if there was scope for a strengthening of the Canadian dollar.
A lot of people view the Canadian dollar in line with energy prices, with oil prices for example, so some appreciation there is likely to have some upward effect on the Canadian dollar vis a vis the U.S. dollar,he said.Our main concern is not to see nonmarket-related fluctuations in the currency.Flaherty also gave his backing to the Lecce Framework of rules for global finance, which the G8 finance ministers have adopted and next week's summit will now review.Some observers have criticized it as being too vague and voluntary, but he said: I think it is a statement of principle that is useful.However, he repeated Canada's position that sound regulation must begin at home and that it, coupled with transparency, would build international confidence.It's always been recognized that each country needs to get its own financial system in order. It's also been accepted, including by the United States, that there needs to be transparency so that the financial system participants in one country can know that they can rely on financial system participants in another country.He predicted jobless rates in Canada and the United States would continue to rise but said he had not seen any signs in Canada of wages contracting.The unemployment rate in the United States is well over 9 percent now and it's likely to go higher into 2010. We expect some continuing growth in unemployment in Canada as well. Recovery from the recession will happen before the reduction in unemployment, Flaherty said.Flaherty was speaking from Chile, where is attending a meeting of finance ministers of the Americas, along with officials from the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund.(Additional reporting by Randall Palmer and Ka Yan Ng; editing by Peter Galloway)

India Joins Russia, China in Questioning U.S. Dollar Dominance
By Mark Deen and Isabelle Mas

July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Suresh Tendulkar, an economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said he is urging the government to diversify its $264.6 billion foreign-exchange reserves and hold fewer dollars. The major part of Indian reserves is in dollars that is something that’s a problem for us,Tendulkar, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, said in an interview yesterday in Aix-en-Provence, France, where he was attending an economic conference. Singh is preparing to join leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Russia at a summit in Italy next week which is due to tackle the global economy. China and Brazil will also send representatives to the summit.As the talks have neared, China and Russia have stepped up calls for a rethink of how global currency reserves are composed and managed, underlining a power shift to emerging markets from the developed nations that spawned the financial crisis.There should be a system to maintain the stability of the major reserve currencies,Former Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said in a speech in Beijing yesterday, highlighting China’s concerns about a global financial system dominated by the dollar.Fiscal and current-account deficits must be supervised as your currency is likely to become my problem,said Zeng, who is now the head of a research center under the government’s top economic planning agency. The People’s Bank of China said June 26 that the International Monetary Fund should manage more of members’ reserves.

Russian Proposals

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has repeatedly called for creating a mix of regional reserve currencies as part of the drive to address the global financial crisis, while questioning the dollar’s future as a global reserve currency. Russia’s proposals for the Group of 20 major developed and developing nations summit in London in April included the creation of a supranational currency. We will resume talks on the supranational currency proposal at the G-8 summit in L’Aquila on July 8-10, Medvedev aide Sergei Prikhodko told reporters in Moscow yesterday. Singh adviser Tendulkar said that big dollar holders face a prisoner’s dilemma in terms of managing their holdings.That’s why I’m telling them to do this,he said.He also said that world currencies need to adjust to help unwind trade imbalances that have contributed to the global financial crisis. The major imbalances which led to the current situation, the current account surpluses and deficits, have to be addressed,he said. Currency adjustment is one thing that suggests itself.

Emerging-Market Dependence

For all the complaints about the dollar, emerging markets such as India remain dependent on the currency of the U.S., the world’s largest economy and a $2.5 trillion export market. The IMF said June 30 that the share of dollars in global foreign- exchange reserves increased to 65 percent in the first three months of this year, the highest since 2007.Tendulkar said that the matter needs to be taken up in international talks, and that it emphasizes the need for those talks to go beyond the traditional G-8.They can meet if they want to,he said.The G-20 has a wider role, has representation of the countries that are likely to lead the recovery process.To contact the reporters on this story: Mark Deen in Aix en Provence, France at markdeen@bloomberg.net; Isabelle Mas in Aix en Provence, France at imas2@bloomberg.net.

Sucker’s Rally Beginning To Unwind? Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com Monday, July 6, 2009

U.S. stocks are falling again following a massive plunge at the end of the last week amidst signs that the sucker’s rally we warned about back in May could now be unwinding, in line with the Bilderberg Group’s 2009 agenda.The Dow Jones is down by around 0.6% at time of writing following a significant fall of around 2.6% on Thursday. There was no trading on Friday due to the July 4th national holiday.U.S. stocks have fallen for three straight weeks, the longest losing streak since March, on concern deeper-than estimated job cuts and a drop in consumer confidence will prolong the recession,reports Bloomberg.The S&P 500 has also slumped by 6% over the last few weeks and oil prices have tumbled.As we reported in early May, when establishment financial analysts were euphoric about an apparent economic and stock market recovery, Bilderberg’s leaked agenda for their 2009 meeting in Greece spelled out how investors were being suckered into plowing their money back into a stock market that was yet to hit a bottom.We warned that investors were being, Whipped up into a false state of euphoria by the belief that the economy is recovering, and that people were being suckered into ploughing their money back into the system as a set up for massive losses and searing financial pain in the months ahead (according to investigative journalist Daniel Estulin) as the stock market reverses its uptrend and plummets to new lows.Veteran investor Jim Rogers echoed that call during an appearance on CNBC when he told the Squawk Box Asia show,I’m not buying shares if that’s what you mean. Not at all….the bottom will probably come later this year, next year, who knows when.In addition, unemployment figures that have outstripped the Obama administration’s expectations have also come to pass, with the unemployment rate currently at around 9.5%. This is also in line with Daniel Estulin’s forecast, based on what Bilderberg members were saying, that unemployment figures would be at 14% by the end of this year, a prediction made when the figure stood at 8.1%.

As we have previously highlighted, the real unemployment numbers are in reality almost double those announced, because the way in which the statistics are tallied is deliberately fudged in order to artificially lower the figure. Current methods of tallying unemployment figures do not even take into account workers who have stopped looking for work. If a worker becomes discouraged after being unable to find a job and stops looking, they disappear from the official record.It remains to be seen whether the suckers will still be enticed to plough more money into a rigged game before the plug is pulled, but indications are that we could already be seeing the next down leg in the stock market and the economy in general.

Brussels tackles risk in derivatives trading
ANDREW WILLIS Today JULY 6,09 @ 09:37 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The European Commission has outlined a list of measures that could be used to limit the potential risk posed by derivatives to the EU's financial system.Derivatives such as futures and swaps are financial products that derive their value from an underlying asset, such as oil, or a market variable, such as an interest rate.The financial meltdown last autumn brought the $600 trillion (€430tn) market to the closer attention of global policy makers due to concerns over its huge size and opaque nature. Derivatives markets play an important role in the economy, but the crisis has shown that they may harm financial stability,internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy said in a statement on Friday (3 July).One factor adding to the lack of information on the sector is the largely over-the-counter(OTC) nature of trading.Instead of going through an exchange, a large volume of trading is conducted directly between the two parties involved, either over the phone or by using electronic networks, allowing greater flexibility but reducing the information entering the public domain.Credit default swaps (CDSs)a contract between two parties in which one party offers insurance against a particular credit event such as a bank default have been singled out as particularly risky due to the sector's high concentration in a small number of banks.US insurance company American International Group (AIG) nearly collapsed last autumn as a result of the large payouts it had to make to clients who had taken out CDSs against a Lehman Brothers default.

Proposed measures

To counter this, the commission document proposes the greater use of clearing houses intermediary institutions that agree to fulfil the contract if one party is unable to keep up their side of the bargain.Financial firms operating in Europe have promised Mr McCreevy that CDS trading will be conducted through clearing houses by the end of the month, with the commission also keen to see them used for other derivatives.

Clearing houses have proven their worth during the financial crisis as illustrated by their role in managing the consequences of the Lehman Brothers' default, the commission said, while at the same time indicating it would not insist on greater clearing for the moment.Others proposals to reduce the risk posed by derivatives include product standardisation and the use of central data repositories.Greater use of standard derivatives that are better understood could help reduce operational risks says the EU executive, whereas central data repositories would collect data on the number of transactions and the size of outstanding positions in a bid to provide greater transparency to the sector.Emrah Arbak of the Centre for European Policy Studies, a Brussels-based think-tank, said that greater transparency will not solve the problem by itself, however.There are many examples of securities where the transactions are extremely transparent …and yet there are big problems,he told EUobserver, giving the sub-prime loan sector in the US as an example.The launch of the commission proposals marks the start of a public consultation, with a public hearing set for 25 September. After this the commission plans to come forward with concrete initiatives and possible draft legislation before the end of the year.

Nigeria militants say attack Chevron oil manifold JULY 5,09

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria's main militant group said on Monday it had sabotaged one of Chevron's crude oil pipeline junction points in the Niger Delta, the second attack in as many days.The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it blew up Chevron's Okan manifold late on Sunday in the southern Delta state, hours after it attacked an oil well head operated by Royal Dutch Shell.The strategic Okan manifold, which controls about 80 percent of Chevron Nigeria Limited offshore crude oil to its BOP crude loading platform, was blown up at about 2045 hours on Sunday, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an emailed statement.It was not immediately possible to independently verify the statement. Chevron officials were not immediately available to comment.Chevron, Shell and Italian energy firm Agip have shut around 273,000 barrels per day of oil production in Nigeria since MEND launched its latest string of attacks in May.(Reporting by Randy Fabi; Editing by Jon Hemming)

Canadian police probe sixth gas pipeline bombing By Allan Dowd – Sat Jul 4, 8:57 pm ET

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) – An explosion damaged a natural gas pipeline in northeast British Columbia on Saturday, the sixth attack on an energy facility in that area of the Canadian province in recent months.The explosion about 8 km south of the community of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, caused a leak but no injuries and was heard by crews repairing wellhead equipment damaged in a bombing on Wednesday, police said.The elements of this incident thus far, are consistent with the previous blast sites and the RCMP considers this latest bombing linked to the others, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement.Pipeline owner EnCana Corp said 12-inch (30-cm) diameter line carried sour gas that contains hydrogen sulphide and can be deadly if breathed, but none had been detected by monitoring equipment and there was no threat to the public.The incident caused pressure in the line to drop, which activated emergency valves that immediately shut down the pipeline and stopped the leak, the company said.The bombings that began in early October have all targeted EnCana natural gas facilities near the communities of Dawson Creek and Tomslake, British Columbia. None of the attacks have caused injuries but have produced small gas leaks.Investigators believe the saboteur is a resident of the area and that the incidents are linked to a letter sent to media before the first blast warning EnCana to stop drilling for natural gas in the area.The letter also complained about the production of crazy gas, which officials have speculated may be a reference to sour gas production.This (latest explosion) does change the dynamics of the events in certain terms, the main being our heightened concern for public safety, given that this explosion went off in close proximity of working crews and within a couple of kilometers of a populated rural area,the police statement said.Unlike with the earlier explosions, police were alerted to this blast almost immediately after it happened and were able to reach the scene quickly, which investigators said may aid their search for clues.

Police had complained they believed some residents knew information about who might be responsible for the attacks but were unwilling to cooperate with investigators.We are greatly encouraged by the quick response from the public in this latest incident with the receipt of an unsolicited report,police said.EnCana said its crews were inspecting other facilities in the area but no damage has been discovered.The company did not estimate when the latest damage would be repaired, and the company is still working to stop the small leak caused by Wednesday's explosion.(Editing by Doina Chiacu)

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

Report: NKorean launches maybe included new Scud By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer JULY 5,09

SEOUL, South Korea – A barrage of ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired over the weekend may have included a new type of a Scud with an extended range and improved accuracy that poses a threat to Japan, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.Pyongyang launched seven missiles into waters off its east coast Saturday in a show of force that defied U.N. resolutions and drew international condemnation.On Monday, South Korea's mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported the launches were believed to have included three Scud-ER missiles with a range of up to 620 miles (1,000 kilometers).The paper said the Scud-ER has a longer range and better accuracy compared with previous Scud series so is particularly a threat to Japan.The Chosun Ilbo, citing a government source it did not name, said the other four missiles were two Scud-C missiles with a range of 310 miles (500 kilometers) and two medium-range Rodong missiles that can travel up to 810 miles (1,300 kilometers).Five of the seven missiles flew about 260 miles (420 kilometers) from an eastern coastal launch site and landed in one area, meaning their accuracy has improved, the paper said.South Korea's Defense Ministry said it could not confirm the report, saying details of the launches were still under investigation.One Defense Ministry official told The Associated Press on Sunday that the missiles were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, and that they appeared to have traveled about 250 miles (400 kilometers). The official spoke on condition of anonymity citing department policy.

The launches on July 4 — the U.S. Independence Day holiday — also appeared to be a poke at Washington as it moves to enforce U.N. as well as its own sanctions against the isolated regime for its May 25 nuclear test.Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned they were very destabilizing, potentially.But Vice President Joe Biden indicated the U.S. would not be baited by attacks on the day Americans celebrated their independence. On ABC, he described the flurry of rockets as attention-seeking behavior.

He added: I don't want to give the attention.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is concerned about the missile tests, which defied Security Council resolutions. He told reporters Sunday that North Korea's communist regime has closed all doors to communication and dialogue.Officials at South Korea's unification and defense ministries said Monday that Ban appeared to be emphasizing the launches would further deepen the North's isolation. Nevertheless, the two Koreas have not severed all contact despite increasingly strained ties. They have held several rounds of talks on their joint factory park, the latest last week, and are still connected by several hot lines.North Korean state media have not specifically mentioned the launches but boasted Sunday that the country's military could impose merciless punishment on those who provoke it.Our revolutionary forces have grown up today as the strong army that can impose merciless punishment against those who offend us,the North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.The North has engaged in a series of acts this year widely seen as provocative. It fired a long-range rocket it said was a satellite in early April, and in late May it carried out its second underground nuclear test following the first in late 2006.Another defense official said Monday that no signs of additional North Korean launches have been detected but that the South Korean military was closely monitoring the North's military. He also spoke on condition of anonymity citing department policy.The North has warned ships to stay away from a large area off the east coast until July 10, leading to concerns more missiles could be fired.

Muslim minority riots erupt in China's west By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press Writer JULY 5,09

BEIJING – Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China's far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders and clashing with police in violence that killed at least three people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.State media initially said at least three ethnic Han Chinese were killed in the violence Sunday, though later reported that an unknown number died, among them an armed policeman. An activist group said one demonstrator may have died.

Protesters, mostly from the Uighur ethnic group, set at least one car on fire, overturned police barriers and attacked buses in several hours of violence that appeared to subside somewhat as police and military presence intensified into the night, according to participants and witnesses.The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the situation was under control by Monday morning and that police had shut down traffic in parts of the city as a precaution.Tensions between Uighurs and Chinese are never far from the surface in Xinjiang, China's vast Central Asian buffer province, where militant Uighurs have waged sporadic, violent separatist campaign.

Protesters gathered Sunday to demand an investigation into a fight between Uighur and Han Chinese workers at a factory in southern China last month. Accounts differed over what happened next in the city of Urumqi, but the violence seemed to have started when a crowd of protesters who started out peaceful refused to disperse.Adam Grode, an American Fulbright scholar studying in Urumqi, said he heard explosions and also saw a few people being carried off on stretchers and a Han Chinese man with blood on his shirt entering a hospital.He said he saw police pushing people back with tear gas, fire hoses and batons, and protesters knocking over police barriers and smashing bus windows.Every time the police showed some force, the people would jump the barriers and get back on the street. It was like a cat-and-mouse sort of game,said Grode, 26.The government's Xinhua News Agency quoted unnamed officials saying that at least three ethnic Han Chinese were killed in the violence, in which the crowd attacked passers-by, torched vehicles and interrupted traffic on some roads. It later said an unknown number of people were killed, including the policeman.Xinjiang's government accused Uighur exiles led by a former businesswoman now living in America, Rebiya Kadeer, of fomenting the violence via the Internet.The violence is a pre-empted, organized violent crime. It is instigated and directed from abroad and carried out by outlaws in the country," said a government statement carried by Xinhua.

Kadeer's spokesman, Alim Seytoff, said by telephone from Washington, D.C., that the accusations were baseless.It's common practice for the Chinese government to accuse Ms. Kadeer for any unrest in East Turkestan and His Holiness the Dalai Lama for any unrest in Tibet,he said.Uighur rights groups and militants demanding an independent Xinjiang often refer to the sprawling region of deserts and mountains, which borders eight Central Asian nations, as East Turkestan.The clashes Sunday in Urumqi echoed last year's unrest in Tibet, when a peaceful demonstration by monks in the capital of Lhasa erupted in riots that spread to surrounding areas, leaving at least 22 dead. The Chinese government accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating the violence a charge he denied.Seytoff also read a brief statement from Kadeer: The real cause of the problem lies with the Chinese government's policies toward the Uighurs. It's not alleged instigation by me or some outside forces.The demonstration started peacefully with more than 300 people staging a silent sit-down protest in People's Square in Urumqi to demand an investigation into the June 25 brawl at a toy factory in southern China, said Gulinisa Maimaiti, a 32-year-old employee of a foreign company who took part in the protest.Xinhua said two died in last month's factory melee in southern Guangdong province, others say the real figure was higher. Gulinisa said in a phone interview that the crowd grew to 1,000 people, and when they refused to disperse, police pinned protesters to the ground before taking 40 protesters away.Video shot from a building nearby and photos from mobile phones showed people running from police and a car on fire. In other shots, smoke rises in the distance and fire engines race to the protest.

The Urumqi police and city government would not comment about the incident.

Uighur separatists have waged a sporadic campaign for independence in recent decades, and the military, armed police and riot squads maintain a visible presence in the region. After a few years of relative calm, separatist violence picked up last year with attacks against border police and bombings of government buildings. Four Uighur detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were recently released and relocated to Bermuda despite Beijing's objections because U.S. officials have said they fear the men would be executed if they returned to China. Officials have also been trying to transfer 13 others to the Pacific nation of Palau.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Obama backs Medvedev's judicial reforms By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jul 5, 7:57 am ET

MOSCOW – President Barack Obama said strengthening human rights and the rule of law in Russia should be a part of the much-heralded reset in U.S.Russian relations, according to an interview with an embattled Russian opposition newspaper.Obama also said he applauded President Dmitry Medvedev's efforts to reform Russia's creaky judicial system, according excerpts released by Novaya Gazeta before Obama's arrival Monday in Moscow, when the full interview to be published.I agree with President Medvedev when he said that freedom is better than the absence of freedom,Obama was quoted as saying.I see no reason why strengthening democracy, human rights and the rule of law cannot be included as part of our reset in relations.The term reset refers to the pledge by officials in both countries to improve relations that had chilled markedly in recent years.It was unclear whether Obama's comments were a signal that he intends to press Medvedev or the man considered his co-ruler, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on judicial reforms or human rights issues during his two-day summit in Moscow.Rights groups, U.S. lawmakers, and Russian and U.S. foreign policy experts have urged Obama not to ignore those issues in order to reach agreement with Medvedev on broader disputes such as a new arms control treaty or NATO expansion.A newspaper spokeswoman said the interview was conducted in writing, with the newspaper receiving answers to its questions at the end of last week.Obama declined to answer the newspaper's question about Russia's most prominent prisoner the former oil tycoon and billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The businessman's supporters say the criminal trial that convicted Khodorkovsky on tax evasion and fraud charges was designed to punish him for his political aspiration.

But Obama said he supported Medvedev's efforts to strengthen the rule of law in Russia, which naturally includes making sure that all those accused of crimes have the right to a fair trial and that the courts are not used for political purposes, he was quoted as saying.I also believe that Americans and Russians have a common interest in the development of rule of rule, the strengthening of democracy, and the protection of human rights,he told the newspaper.As I said in my inaugural address: To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.U.S. and Russian officials have been trying to reach agreement on a successor agreement to the 1991 arms control treaty known as START. The treaty expires in December and negotiators have struggling to have a framework deal ready for Obama and Medvedev to sign.Among the biggest sticking points is the issue of U.S. plans for a missile defense system in eastern Europe. Russia vociferously opposes those plans and has sought to include that issue as part of any new arms control deal.In the interview, Obama repeated U.S. assurances that the missile defense system isn't aimed at Russia.We are not building and will not build a system that is aimed to respond to an attack from Russia. Such thinking is simply a legacy of the Cold War,he was quoted as saying.Novaya Gazeta is Russia's most prominent opposition newspaper and its most embattled, known for investigative articles and acid commentary about Kremlin policies. Four of its reporters have died in the past eight years one beaten to death, one allegedly poisoned, two shot the most recent on Jan. 19.Medvedev himself gave his first newspaper interview to the publication, something Putin never did during his eight years as president.On the Net:Novaya Gazeta in English: http://www.novayagazeta.ru/

Queen Noor pushes US, Russia for nuke cuts By DALE GAVLAK, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jul 5, 12:06 pm ET

AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan's Queen Noor, a founder of an international initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons, called on the presidents of the United States and Russia to advance the cause at their Monday summit by agreeing to significant cuts in their arsenals.President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April issued a joint statement committing themselves to the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world. The two leaders are to meet Monday in Moscow for talks that many expect will lead to a framework agreement on new weapons cuts beyond the START-1 treaty that expires this year.We're so heartened that President Obama and President Medvedev have made that commitment. We pray they will build on that in the July 6th meeting, commit to deep reductions in their arsenals that will then help us to begin multilateral negotiations with the other nuclear countries that we hope will deter other countries aspiring to become nuclear ... to see that the movement is going against them,Noor said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN.Noor is one of the founders of Global Zero, which includes current and former senior officials from nuclear powers. The organization last month presented a four-step plan aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons by 2030.The American-born Noor, the widow of King Hussein, said materials exist in some 40 countries to make another 100,000 bombs over the 23,000 estimated that we have today. The dangers of those materials ending up in the hands of terrorists or misused by governments is increasing by the day.Turning to the Middle East, Noor expressed hope that Obama could mobilize support in the United States and elsewhere to see peace realized in the region.Such peace, she said, must be based on justice,the removal of illegal obstacles to peace, the rights of all living in the region, and freedom from occupation of the Palestinian people. She did not elaborate.

Noor called Obama a truer and more honest friend to Israel as well as to others in the region that perhaps anyone that has preceded him.Obama has taken a tougher stand with Israel than past U.S. administrations by calling for a complete halt to Jewish settlement building in the West Bank in order to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.He is talking about what is in the best interest of the security of the people of Israel as well as the security of the Palestinians and others in the region,she said.